Best video player apps for ipad

[Kpapik]

Btw when i want to try the same movie in differnet player do i have to download the movie again?

 

[iManol]

@DonUnderstandMyIpad what about something as "iPhone Explorer" in Mac? I can go into the filesystem of my iPad 2 with it. But yes, it is risky if you are not all sure what are you doing, but you can ;-)

 

[donka]

I just bought it and tried two videos. Both of them have sound and video out of sync. Any idea why.

Thanks

Karel

There was a new update a few days ago which has broken playback quality. The developer has been notified so I would expect a fix shortly.

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[Aftershock]

I've used Oplayer HD and Buzzplayer HD in the past on the Ipad 1, both were pretty good.

Now I have an Ipad 2 the playback quality they offer is nowhere near as good as AVPlayer HD. As far as I know its the only player out there that is optimised for the dual core cpu of the ipad 2 and everything I've thrown at it so far has played back flawlessly and without a dropped frame

 

[donka]

I've used Oplayer HD and Buzzplayer HD in the past on the Ipad 1, both were pretty good.

Now I have an Ipad 2 the playback quality they offer is nowhere near as good as AVPlayer HD. As far as I know its the only player out there that is optimised for the dual core cpu of the ipad 2 and everything I've thrown at it so far has played back flawlessly and without a dropped frame

The new v1.8 update for Buzz Player due in a few days brings back smooth playback.

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[Aftershock]

I hope so mate, all it all I really like The Buzzplayer interface, and the ability to stream or copy off a media server is great.

 

[siteplan]

I like AVPlayer HD. It plays numerous video formats, no need for any types of conversions. I played 5 formats so far (.avi, .mkv, .mp4, .flv, .wmv) and it's been fine.

 

[Aftershock]

AVplayer HD needs some options to copy data of media shares on the same wifi network. Transferring over iTunes or via a web browser is not great. The whole idea is to do it without needing a PC at all. At the moment I use FTP transfer pro to grab things off the local network and then use the open in feature to import into AVPlayer. Otherwise it's great and hopefully those things will come in a future update.

 

[iRuthlessPad]

Oplayer hd is the best!

 

[Pichon617]

I wanted to get some advice from users who may have tried any or all of the following video apps for iPad (see attached image for App Store listing):

CineXPlayer
Movie Player
OPlayer HD
BUZZ Player HD
AVPlayerHD

I have the old VLC Player (the one removed from the App Store) but wasn't impressed. I was hoping to get opinions and/or reviews of the above players, and any others people might suggest. My main needs are as follows:

- Playback of non-Apple formats (mainly MKV, XviD, DivX, etc.)
- Subtitles (.srt, .sub formats)

Thanks in advance!

The best is AZUL it plays about 95% of any movie format & its .99 cents in the app store

 

[H4stur]

I've been using CineXPlayer for a month now and it works fine for me. I use SUPER to convert vids to xvid.

 

[funtoosh]

I've held of responding on the positive comments on VLC for iPad when I see them in threads, but I am confused.

Firstly, I do not have a jailbroekn device so don't know how the latest version goes - I am sure it is quite good.

But I have the original version that was on the app store before it got pulled, and there is no other way to say this - it is a piece of crap. Plays everything poorly, out of sync, jerky, etc. Very atypical for VLC.

I can only assume these potivie comments are from users with a jailbroken device and a later VLC for iPad app via Cydia or from the VLC page. But for standard iPads the app is either unavailable or if you have it, it is v1.0.0 and next to useless.

I don't have a jb iPad but I am using vlc on my iPhone as well as iPad 2, I downloaded it in iTunes long ago for iPhone, but it's now removed from AppStore, I had downloaded it earlier so I am still able to use it

You will have to look for other options

Kapil

 

[midnightman]

Does anyone know which app mentioned here (except VLC) has loop and hopefully also AB-loop feature?

Thanks!

 

[NickHillUK]

I'm an AV player user myself, which works really well except for the appalingly unstable file transfer. Supposedly you can http or ftp to it in accept mode, but it crashes way too often during transfer, and the peak rate is only 1mb/s.

Playback is excellent, but what should I use for reliable transfer? you can always use the open in feature once you have your file on the device....

Nick

 

[NickHillUK]

Ok, found out that using ifiles I can connect to my iPad as a WebDAV device and then open the files with the open in option. Still just as slow, but at least it is reliable, and you can even send ifiles to the background and it will keep transferring (WebDAV obviously let's you do more than one file at a time as well).

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