VLC has come to the iPad, allowing many more media formats that before were unplayable on Apple devices. Without hardware acceleration, however, you’re going to run into playback issues. Here are your best bets for optimal playback.
The play-whatever-you-throw-at-it Swiss Army Knife media player VLC is now available as an iPad app. And it’s free! So unless you get some sick pleasure out of transcoding, go dust off some DivX files and try it out now. [iTunes via CrunchGear]
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/w4CHkHtUJ8w&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22","customParams":[] ,"width":570,"height":400,"ratio":0.824,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} );
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.
While it hasn’t been granted approval by the almighty Apple gods, VLC’s media player for iPad will be free from next week, the devs are claiming (perhaps too hastily). I like their confidence. Mind you, CineXplayer is still available on the App Store… [Mac4Ever via MacRumors]
Given the model number YP-MB2 and looking like the Galaxy S, the Samsung Galaxy Player will run Android OS, have a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen, a 1GHz processor, a 3MP camera and Wi-Fi connectivity. [Samsung Hub via Tech Radar]
Android: One thing that the iPhone 3GS and up inarguably has over Android is voice-activated search of your music library. Almost Hands Free brings this feature to Android, so you can avoid endless scrolling through your music library.
doubleTwist, that desktop media manager which syncs to a variety of phones and gadgets, has just added a very tidy Android app to the Marketplace. It looks like the best media player app for Android yet.
