Re: [apple-iphone] VLC

I found a link for VLC in App Shopper but when I click on it I get a
message that is not available in the U.S.


On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Tony <tdale@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

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> I have played around with it a bit tonight, not great. There is no
> hardware acceleration which is an issue for third party players. This is a
> summary from a forum that I agree with after testing
> OK I've tested this on iPod Touch 5th Gen (Which is virtually equivalent
> spec to an iPhone 4S and slightly slower than an iPad 3)
> 1.4GB SD avi: Plays Fine
> 4GB 720p MP4: "Device too slow" error message. Lots of stuttering
> 1.9GB 1080p MP4: "Device too slow" error message. Lots of stuttering
> (Plays fine on iOS player)
> 2.9GB 720p MKV: Plays fine
> 4.7GB 720p MKV: Plays. Just. Dropped frames and stuttering
> 14GB 1080p MKV File: "Device too slow" error message. Lots of stuttering
>
> So, it looks like you'll need the iPhone 5/iPad 4 and above to play
> anything 720p upwards unless you re-encode at a lower bitrate or to MP4 and
> send it to the iOS player. If anyone has those devices it would be good to
> see how you got along.
>
>
> I have an iPhone 5 and an iPad 3. iPhone 5 was better due to higher spec,
> but the iPad3 has dual CPU and tri or quad GPU, which is of no use as its
> not being used fully.
>
> My conclusion is conversion to MP4 where hardware acceleration is used due
> to them being iOS supported formats.
>
>
> From: Christopher Collins <iphone@analogdigital.com.au>
> To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, 19 July 2013 8:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [apple-iphone] VLC
>
>
>
> I grabbed it from the Australian store this morning.
>
> cjc
>
> On 19/07/2013, at 12:34 PM, Tony <mailto:tdale%40xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
> > Its in my iTunes/AppStore although when I click it, it is not available
> in the NZ App Store, odd. Its called "VLC for IOS"
> >
> > From: Jim Saklad <mailto:jimdoc%40icloud.com>
> > To: "mailto:iPad%40yahoogroups.com" <mailto:iPad%40yahoogroups.com>;
> "mailto:apple-iphone%40yahoogroups.com" <mailto:
> apple-iphone%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Friday, 19 July 2013 9:08 AM
> > Subject: [apple-iphone] VLC
> >
> >
> > VLC returns to iOS
> > Jul 18, 2013 2:01 PM
> >
> > Do-it-all video app VLC will return in a new iOS version on Friday,...
> >
> > --
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Jim Saklad
>
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