VLC on iPad: Fail for now
tag : Apple, Audio Video Interleave, HandBrake, ITunes, MPEG-4 Part 14, Multimedia, Television, VLC media player
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The Good:
- It will play those old AVI of mine and those TV Episode AVI that I download once in a while when I miss a recording on my DVR.
The Bad:
- The application feel very beta. This is understandable as the team wanted to produce a simple application and see if Apple would approve before investing major amount of time in something that might now get approved.
- Playback is a little blocky and even stutters at times.
- Sound level is low and hard to listen to.
- There is no easy way to delete files
- The video selection screen is awkward and does not allow to sort in any way.
- No streaming for now
- Ackward interface to load video via iTunes (thank’s Apple)
Conclusion:
For now I will stick with playing those AVI using AirVideo real time transcoding or simply use Handbrake to permanently convert the files to mp4 friendly files. I commend the team for porting VLC to the iPad but for now I don’t see myself using it.
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I’m sure vlc team can make changes right away.