Want to watch videos encoded with crazy codecs on your iPhone without converting them? VLC’s now a universal app. It got a speed boost in the process, and you can delete videos directly off your iPad or iPhone. [iTunes]
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. More »
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. More »
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]
Hey! Everyone’s favourite video playing software, VLC, jumped to 1.1.0 today and added some GPU decoding for Windows and Linux users as well, giving your CPU a break when you’re trying to play those gigantic HD files you’ve been feverishly torrenting. One caveat: the Windows version only works with nVidia GPUs, as ATI’s drivers aren’t currently don’t play nice. [CrunchGear]
