VLC Player coming to iOS, but the iPad too slow to play Blu-ray?

[admin]

A compiled build of the VLC player is coming to the iOS, and pending approval, it will be available for free soon.

The player will allow playback of a wide variety of file formats, including high definition MKV playback. VLC Player for iOS supports file sharing via iTunes. This opens up the opportunity to use the iPad to play ripped Blu-ray movies.

However, as the video below shows (from 0:52), an uploaded HD MKV file did not play smoothly at all, and so Blu-ray on the iPad's 1GHz processor is probably not going to work.



More:

http://www.geek.com/articles/apple/ipad-too-slow-to-render-blu-ray-rips-in-the-vlc-player-20100911/

[admin]

VLC for iPhone/iPad may not be available from the iTunes store for much longer. VideoLAN is published open source via the GPL license, and this is incompatible with the way Apple operates the closed iTunes store, and as a result, it may soon be removed by Apple.

Apple's DRM for apps prevent even free apps from being installed on more than 5 devices, a restriction that goes against the rules set out by the GPL, and the reason why the Videolan developers have issued a notice of copyright infringement.

The matter is further complicated by the fact that the developers of the app is actually a 3rd party studio, Applidium, and they published VLC for iOS knowing full well that this could be the eventual outcome.

For now, if you want VLC on your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, better hurry and get it from the iTunes store before it disappears. Otherwise do as the developers of Videolan recommends, and to "look for application on more open mobile platforms".

More:

http://www.macstories.net/news/vlc-for-ios-may-soon-be-gone-from-the-app-store-due-to-videolans-complaint/

[admin]

VLC for iOS officially removed by Apple, due to request from VLC authors (Apple's insistence on DRM, even for free apps, is what killed VLC for iOS in the end ...):

http://www.slashgear.com/apple-pulls-vlc-from-app-store-over-open-source-drm-dispute-08124911/

No winners in this scenario, really.