![]() This is still by far the biggest problem with the player making it still a no-no, unless you don't want to play back H.264 video at all because, say, all you want to watch is MPEG-2.Ģ, The software decoder can decode some of the lower-bitrate 24p full HD videos at almost-perfect speed on a reasonably fast hardware (A6 CPU and up that is, on an iPhone 5, 5c, 5s and the iPad 4). (Note that I'll dedicate a separate article to the new CineXPlayer HD very soon.)ġ.3 H.264 decoding: Hardware support and software decoding speedġ, Unfortunately, VLC still doesn't make use of hardware H.264 decoding for compatible containers (mov / m4v / mp4). Nevertheless, I'd seriously consider remuxing the DTS-only audio tracks of your videos to AC3 or, even better, AAC – it's far easier than you may think, and I've written several tutorials on this question. It's still here! If you can't / don't want to jailbreak to use XBMC or RushPlayer+ (both support DTS) and can't remux your files, your, in addition to the recently-released 4.5 version of the iPad-only CineXPlayer HD, only choice for DTS playback is this app. It was probably only because of the DTS support that I, back in July, recommended the initial versions. Just an example: the following two screenshots are from playing “Sininen laulu” first with deinterlacing enabled and, second, disabled:Īs you can see, there is absolutely no difference between the rendering of the individual images – no deinterlacing is applied. That is, none of the currently most common interlaced video formats (direct DVB TV recordings and interlaced consumer camera recordings) are properly deinterlaced. H.264 AVCHD 1080i60 test video (“ Streetdrummer”) DVB MPEG-2 Standard Definition 50i test video (“ Sininen laulu”) I couldn't notice any difference between the deinterlaced and the original version of my The main menu also sports a lot of promising, new features for example, UPnP / FTP access / streaming (received in version 2.1.0).īelow, I elaborate on both new features and the most important advantages / disadvantages of the initially reviewed first two versions. (Links to three different AppStore update screenshots, in the order of release: 1, 2, 3)Īmong other things, the Settings menu has also received a brand new group for controlling the size / font / encoding of (textual) subtitles and a new subdialog for en/disabling deinterlacing - and making the latter automatic. In the last three months, however, the app has received several updates. ![]() It was far inferior to the alternative (albeit commercial) players like nPlayer or AVPlayer(HD) – or, for that matter, even some free ones like the jailbreak-only XBMC. When VLC for iOS ($free current, tested version: 2.1.2) was, in July, after almost three years, re-released in the AppStore, I really disliked the new, then-current (2.0.1/2.0.2) version. The following section assumes you've read my previous VLC review as I "only" elaborate on the changes and whether the biggest problems have been fixed. ![]() Let's start with VLC, which surely many of you are interested in, particularly after my publishing a very bad initial review of it. Let's see how their current versions fare. The three multimedia players listed in the title, two of them highly recommended, have received some major updates in the last few months.
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