If everything goes well, every iPad user would be able to play movies and shows in DivX, Xivd and many other media formats not supported by Apple’s native QuickTime player. All thanks to the free VLC Media Player.
If Apple approves it, that is. Right now, VLC is going through the approval process. Since it doesn’t break any rules, I’m sure (I hope) there will be no problem.
VLC will allow you to play your own high-quality videos without having to go through Apple’s iTunes Store or converting to H.264. According to AppAdvice, it works great:
It performs very well, and all your DivX and Xvid files will play smoothly and normally, displaying all their original quality. It also supports a bunch of other formats, and it’s extremely simple to use. As for the interface, it’s nice and polished.
Crossing fingers. [AppAdvice]
Paul
Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 12:31 PMFLV (Flash)? – probably the quickest way to get the player blacklisted!
Dom Grimm
Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 1:55 PMI’m hoping for an iPhone version, that would be great.
Anonomoose
Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 2:19 PMIs this going to come to iPhone too or will it just be iPad orientated? I would love something like this on my iPhone 4…
Steve M.
Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 6:49 PMGreat idea, put out a video of the app being used to play TV rips while Apple is deciding whether to approve it or not!
Singapura
Monday, September 13, 2010 at 3:07 PMThere’s already an app that does all that and more (actually there’s two but one is crap). CineXplayer allows you to play most formats without a hitch.
Will
Monday, September 13, 2010 at 4:15 PMFYI cinexplayer just got an update and is even better now.
Richard
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 12:43 PMVLC was available in the itunes store for a short while (I ahve it)
My understanding was that the authors withdrew it because VLC is based on open source and they disagreed with the itunes closed model
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/01/08/vlc-app-removed-from-app-store/
Whats changed?