Vlc4iphone
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vlc4iphone is a port of VideoLAN VLC media player's source code to the iPhone and iPod Touch. This port was developed by ZodTTD. The initial intention of this port was/is to allow for less restrictions on formats played on the iPhone and iPod Touch, allow playback of media without syncing to iTunes, and streaming audio and video over HTTP/MMS/RTSP.
At the time of writing, it is available on Cydia for Apple's firmware 2.0 and higher.
[edit] Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Why do i have to make a donation when VLC is subject to GNU GPL?
- Under GPL a fee can be charged for binary download of modified code.
- How do I install vlc4iphone on my iPhone/iPod Touch ?
- How do I transfer files to my iPhone/iPod Touch ?
- Follow this SSH tutorial.
- Where is the VLC config file? Or where else can I change the cache-size when streaming ?
- What file types are supported ?
- It supports the following formats: MPEG (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3), AVI, ASF, WMV, WMA, MP4, MOV, 3GP, OGG, OGM, Annodex, MKV, WAV (incuding DTS), DTS, AAC, AC3/A52, FLAC, FLV, MXF, Nut, Standard MIDI / SMF, and Creative™ Voice.
- That is, of course, provided it has all the abilities of the normal VLC program. More detailed information can be found here.
- Are subtitles supported ?
- They "should" be. If it is enable-able within the video by normal means, it should be available in VLC.
- Is landscape video supported?
- Not at the moment.
- Where do I put the video files on my iPod ?
- SSH your files in /var/mobile/Media.
- How do I listen to vlc4iphone and use other applications at the same time ?
- From Cydia download and install "Backgrounder". This enables you to run processes in the background so you can listen to vlc4iphone and use other applications as well.
- However doing this can cause your iPhone/iPod Touch's memory to become overloaded and it will start to force shutdown applications to free up memory.
- Which decoding resolution is supported for H264/mpeg4 video files ?
- If I have already donated to the vlc4iphone project (when it used to be that you get a link with some passwd to download the file) how do I get the new version ?
- Can video be played via the iTouch on a television using a 1/8 in. to RCA cable?
But ask on the forum first.
