> (I have no idea on iOS, I suppose it is even worse, do they have VLC on iOS?) iOS's built in players will play arbitrary media files as long as the codecs ar

> (I have no idea on iOS, I suppose it is even worse, do they have VLC on iOS?) iOS's built in players will play arbitrary media files as long as the codecs are supported, you just need to have a file browser application that can open it locally or on an SMB share. I use one named 'FileBrowser'[0] on my iPad that has worked well so far. [0] http://www.stratospherix.com/products/filebrowser/ http://www.stratospherix.com/products/filebrowser/