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>I can't imagine that Apple would let anything through that weakens the iTunes/iOS death grip on media playing. The iPad does video so well because it uses har
by loewenskind 16y ago
>I can't imagine that Apple would let anything through that weakens the iTunes/iOS death grip on media playing.
The iPad does video so well because it uses hardware support. From the "hardware limitation" comment, I suspect VLC isn't able to take advantage of this. Given that, I don't think it could weaken the iTunes/iOS "death grip" even if it were accepted.
But if they aren't using hardware acceleration then I suspect it wont get approved. Would you want a player that everyone is going to be downloading (so they can watch any video) out there making people think your device is slow and underpowered? I wouldn't.
EDIT: Nevermind my last paragraph. There is apparently already players in the store that don't use acceleration.
- zppx 16y agoI know someone who tested OPlayer HD[1] and he said that the player does not use the H.264 acceleration, some videos were absurdly slow, yet the player is in the App Store. [1]: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/oplayer-hd/id373236724?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/oplayer-hd/id373236724?mt=8
- jbk 16y agoDisclaimer: VideoLAN chairman and VLC dev here... VLC on the iPad doesn't have any GPU/DSP because there are no APIs to to so... So, forget playback of 720MKV for now. But to decode DivX, Xvid, or DVD rips, the CPU is more than enough...
- joubert 16y agoNow that VLC for iPad is out, I've installed it and tried playing WMV files but they don't appear on the shelf. Is it forthcoming?
- wmf 16y agoMore than enough with what battery life?
- jbk 16y agoWith DivX decoding, I believe 7hours+
- FooBarWidget 16y ago7 hours? The battery life is about 8 hours for normal usage. Since decoding Theora takes about as much CPU as decoding DivX all the statements about Theora halving battery life are probably bull.
- guywithabike 16y agoMost reviewers reported seeing 10 to 11 hours of continuous h.264 video playing. I haven't empirically tested this, but I have definitely watched at least four or five movies without charging the iPad. 7 hours is a significant hit, although still plenty enough for a few movies, so it's probably a wash in practice.
- mikecane 16y agoLet me just say I have been longing for this, ever since iPhone 1.0. I have a lot of video and I don't want to convert to MP4 and wind up with two of everything. I know CineXPlayer is there, so I'm hoping VLC will be too. Will there be an iPhone/iPod Touch A4 version coming? And, OT, a webOS 2.0 version -- is that possible?
- jbk 16y agoiPhone will come very quickly after the iPad. WebOS should come easily, if I have a device...
- loewenskind 16y agoI didn't blame you guys for not doing hardware, I knew you would if you could. I was simply pointing out that most people don't know anything but "this runs slower in VLC than iTunes". Anyway, thanks for a great product! I haven't really used any video player but yours since I first found out about it.