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So just tried this with divx episodes of mad men, The software was great and syncing files from itunes was a breeze(Same interface as syncing files with pages a

So just tried this with divx episodes of mad men, The software was great and syncing files from itunes was a breeze(Same interface as syncing files with pages and keynote). The video itself though was pretty choppy. Not sure how it will work for other filetypes but not super impressed, but I imagine it would be hard to do any better with similar hardware. Kind of really lets you see the value of apples H.264 hardware decoding on the iPad.

borism 16y ago
Dude, my 3 year old Nokia N810 with 400mhz CPU plays all kinds of SD video with MPlayer just fine.
- mgrouchy 16y ago
  Well then I can't account for why it was choppy. Have to try it with some other files and see how it works.
- mansr 16y ago
  The VLC application currently on the app store doesn't have ARM assembler optimisations enabled. Hopefully that will be fixed in an update. MPlayer on the N810 will be using some assembler optimisations. I strongly doubt the "all kinds of SD" claim, however. There is simply no way that CPU will be capable of decoding a typical SD H.264 video. MPEG2 or MPEG4-ASP may work if you're lucky.
  - borism 16y ago
    Why would they release non-optimized? Fail fast? H.264 is probably hard indeed, but with right command line optimizations doable.
    - mansr 16y ago
      There was a mysterious problem when assembler optimisations were enabled. This was fixed a few minutes ago in FFmpeg. As for H.264 on a 400MHz ARM11, no amount of command line options will magically make MPlayer manage full SD resolution. If the H264 decoder were fully optimised for ARMv6, it might get close for low-complexity videos, but hardly any such optimisations have been done. There is simply little point, as it would still be too slow in most cases.
jbk 16y ago
Disclaimer: VLC dev here This is the first version of VLC on iOS and it isn't the best yet, especially for performances... The important was to put one version of VLC out on the AppStore and iterate quickly small updates and fixes... (you should understand this way of thinking, being on HN ;-) ) It will get better and faster.
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- CaptainZapp 16y ago
  This is completely off-topic, but may I nevertheless take the chance to extend a big THANK YOU towards the whole VLC dev team for gracing us with arguably the best, platform independent media player.
  - jbk 16y ago
    You are welcome... You know, people usually scream at us, not thank us :D
    - merijnv 16y ago
      This likely because a lot of people (the majority?), like me, find VLC to "Just Work" (TM) and don't find any reason to sign up for the forums. I try and make it a point to thank authors of open source software I use, but often times I don't get around to it. Me, my family and friends have been using VLC for about 4 years know and the only we've needed is to occasionally update to a newer version or download an installer for a new system. So, thanks for that :)

borism 16y ago

Dude, my 3 year old Nokia N810 with 400mhz CPU plays all kinds of SD video with MPlayer just fine.

mgrouchy 16y ago
Well then I can't account for why it was choppy. Have to try it with some other files and see how it works.
mansr 16y ago
The VLC application currently on the app store doesn't have ARM assembler optimisations enabled. Hopefully that will be fixed in an update. MPlayer on the N810 will be using some assembler optimisations. I strongly doubt the "all kinds of SD" claim, however. There is simply no way that CPU will be capable of decoding a typical SD H.264 video. MPEG2 or MPEG4-ASP may work if you're lucky.
- borism 16y ago
  Why would they release non-optimized? Fail fast? H.264 is probably hard indeed, but with right command line optimizations doable.
  - mansr 16y ago
    There was a mysterious problem when assembler optimisations were enabled. This was fixed a few minutes ago in FFmpeg. As for H.264 on a 400MHz ARM11, no amount of command line options will magically make MPlayer manage full SD resolution. If the H264 decoder were fully optimised for ARMv6, it might get close for low-complexity videos, but hardly any such optimisations have been done. There is simply little point, as it would still be too slow in most cases.

jbk 16y ago

Disclaimer: VLC dev here This is the first version of VLC on iOS and it isn't the best yet, especially for performances... The important was to put one version of VLC out on the AppStore and iterate quickly small updates and fixes... (you should understand this way of thinking, being on HN ;-) ) It will get better and faster.

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CaptainZapp 16y ago
This is completely off-topic, but may I nevertheless take the chance to extend a big THANK YOU towards the whole VLC dev team for gracing us with arguably the best, platform independent media player.
- jbk 16y ago
  You are welcome... You know, people usually scream at us, not thank us :D
  - merijnv 16y ago
    This likely because a lot of people (the majority?), like me, find VLC to "Just Work" (TM) and don't find any reason to sign up for the forums. I try and make it a point to thank authors of open source software I use, but often times I don't get around to it. Me, my family and friends have been using VLC for about 4 years know and the only we've needed is to occasionally update to a newer version or download an installer for a new system. So, thanks for that :)