Watching videos on iPad?

[freddy425]

I had a question, I have all of my movies in VLC format on an external hard drive. Would I be able to use either Air Video or VLC Streamer to stream those to my iPad (when I get it ) if I have the external plugged into my MBP?

Thanks

 

[poloponies]

I had a question, I have all of my movies in VLC format on an external hard drive. Would I be able to use either Air Video or VLC Streamer to stream those to my iPad (when I get it ) if I have the external plugged into my MBP?

Thanks

Don't know what "vlc format" means but, yes, the idea behind Air Video is that you can stream any number of non-iPad-standard video formats to the iPad.

 

[Gav2k]

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Vlc player plays just about anything no transcoding needed

 

[poloponies]

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Vlc player plays just about anything no transcoding needed

The reason for my answer. He might have well referred to it as "computer format."

 

[freddy425]

sorry about that, meant non-itunes format..

 

[Amazing Iceman]

There's also apps like Air Video and Zumocast, that let you stream videos from your computer to your iPad. No need to transcode beforehand, they transcode on the fly.

My vote goes for AirVideo too. I've tried Zumocast in the past and it was terrible. I'm not sure if they fix their issues, including performance and usability. It was making my MBP crawl to its knees performance-wise.
Any recent feedback on Zumocast?
Otherwise, get AirVideo; it's worth every penny.

 

[SFStateStudent]

Of course this doesn't compute to forum posting spec whores, for whom GHz, MB and GB, and lists of "supported" codecs rank far higher in their lists of important criteria than battery life, weight, operating temperature and ease of use. What has made Apple a successful company since the introduction of the iMac is that it designs its computers and iDevices for "ordinary" people, not spec whores.

Well said rcp27... "spec whores" = pulling my covers...

 

[Calidude]

OPlayer is probably the best video player on the App Store right now. It's featureset and playback capability are 2nd to none.

 

[biosci]

Has anyone compared AirVideo to VLC Streamer? I was looking at streamer today and it seems similar to Air Video.