Playing avi movies on iPad 3

[pml101]

help

Hi,

i can see all the recommendations for avi player which are great but i still cant put avi files into my itunes library and as such presumably cant play them through library in the player? how do you guys get asround this ?

 

[dhewson777]

Hi,

i can see all the recommendations for avi player which are great but i still cant put avi files into my itunes library and as such presumably cant play them through library in the player? how do you guys get asround this ?

You don't need to import into your iTunes library because you are using a third party app. Check the app's help menu for the various methods available to import your files. An app can use any one or more of the following:
- iTunes file transfer
- wifi transfer via web browser
- direct connection to shared drive or NAS server/media server
- cloud storage access

I'm sure there are some other methods, but as I said, it all depends on the app being used.

 

[pml101]

You don't need to import into your iTunes library because you are using a third party app. Check the app's help menu for the various methods available to import your files. An app can use any one or more of the following:
- iTunes file transfer
- wifi transfer via web browser
- direct connection to shared drive or NAS server/media server
- cloud storage access

I'm sure there are some other methods, but as I said, it all depends on the app being used.

cheers, that explains it

 

[ipad4 newbie]

Get out! really?!?!?! I just spent almost a whole day converting 23 episodes for my show using Handbrake! I'm going to check out the players you have suggested.

 

[cipriani]

Hi,

I just downloaded Azul but it didn't support AC3 & E-AC3 audio codec resulting in sound lost in some videos mostly on .AVI videos..

Any help?

 

[dhewson777]

Hi,

I just downloaded Azul but it didn't support AC3 & E-AC3 audio codec resulting in sound lost in some videos mostly on .AVI videos..

Any help?

Try AvPlayerHD they are the only ones that i am aware of that have got the AC3 codec license sorted.

 

[BocataDeChoped]

If you know how to use the FFMPEG tools (quite easy) you can convert the AC3 track to AAC without reencoding the entire file. Cheaper than purchasing another player.

 

[longspears]

you can not do that. iPad plays mp4

 

[twerppoet]

you can not do that. iPad plays mp4

AAC is a version, variation, or subset of mp4 (depending on how you look at it).

According to the tech specs iPads will play several audio formats, including mp3, mp4 (AAC), AIFF, and WAV.

 

[cipriani]

But the reason why people download third party apps video player is to avoid the time consuming video conversion & playing with subtitlles perhaps?
Correct me if i'm wrong...

 

[twerppoet]

But the reason why people download third party apps video player is to avoid the time consuming video conversion & playing with subtitlles perhaps?
Correct me if i'm wrong...

That, or they just don't want to use iTunes. Both are valid reasons.

 

[AQ_OC]

But the reason why people download third party apps video player is to avoid the time consuming video conversion & playing with subtitlles perhaps?
Correct me if i'm wrong...

I use third party apps and still do conversions. A batch conversion done overnight doesn't consume any of my time.

 

[jssqmaty]

OPlayer HD, VM Player HD and GoodPlayer. I found them in Tablet movie playback blog.

 

[Scottysize]

Another one for AVPlayerHD. I like the fact that I can create an FTP site and upload movies from my server. Well worth the $3 bucks!

 

[Vichow]

To play AVI on iPad, you'd better to convert AVI to iPad supported formats like MP4, MOV.

Try HandBrake, Faasoft Video Converter or Online-Converter.

HandBrake is free but too complicate to handle.

Online-Converter is only free for files which are less than 100MB.

Faasoft Video Converter is not free but it's professional yet easy-to-use. I'm using it for a while.