VLC 1.1.0 now available for all iOS devices
VLC, the free versatile video player beloved across the world and multiple operating systems, has been updated and is now available for the iPod touch and iPhone. The iPad app was released about a month ago but it is now a universal binary which runs on the iPhone 4, 3GS and "recent iPod touches."
Videos can be added to your iOS device through iTunes. While VLC won't play every video format, it plays a lot of them without requiring specific encoding for the iOS device you are on.
The update also makes it possible to delete files within the application, meaning that you no longer have to use iTunes. The release notes also say that the decoding will be faster and more extensions are recognized.
Grab it for free from the App Store.
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The icon kind of looks like a maxi-pad.
October 25 2010 at 10:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywont let me download it onto my iPhone3G. says OS 3.2 is required.
im running 3.1.3
always frustrates the piss out of me that they put restrictions like this, even though it can still run on the device despite the firmware.
guess ill stick with the jailbreaking methods that have allowed this functionality for years.
I'm on a 3G running iOS 4.1, and it doesn't work here either. What makes it even more confusing is that its page in the iTunes store lists the requirements as follows:
Requirements:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later
Which implies that ALL iPhone models and ALL iPod Touch models can run this app, including the second-generation models of each device (iPhone 1 and iPod Touch 1 both cannot run the iPad-only iOS 3.2).
I tried downloading it on my iPhone, and I get an error. I try syncing it to my iPhone using iTunes and I get a message saying it's not compatible.
@Robert
It says in the first paragraph of this article, AND under the "What's new in Verson 1.1.0" on the iTunes page for VLC:
"Runs on the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and the recent iPod touches"
I'm not sure how much more clear it could be.
Happy to see VLC in the app store. The app store has really come a long way and I feel like the approval process has gotten a lot better.
Question: Anyone know if VLC is better/worse than CineXPlayer as far as what formats are supported and how well it decodes?
Obviously VLC is free, but I already bought CineXPlayer and I've been really happy with the codec support and frequent updates. Just wondering how VLC stacks up in comparison.
Anyone afraid this might get pulled like Grooveshark style? I hope they optimize their code again soon, I need my Samurai Champloo without the hiccups.
October 25 2010 at 2:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyquote from the developers website:
This new version brings in the following major improvements :
* It works on the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, as well as 3rd and 4th generation iPods.
* Decoding is quite a lot faster than in the previous version
* You can now open attachments from other applications, as well as RTSP and MMS streams.
Once again, all the source code is freely available. We’re now hosted on git.videolan.org, so feel free to submit patches if you would like to contribute!
Notice no 2g or 1g
Anyone figure out how to open an rtsp stream with this?
October 26 2010 at 7:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYou can stream rtsp by typing the rtsp URL into safari, or putting an rtsp link on a web page.
Oddly, I couldn't get it to do anything over 3G, even though the connection showed on my streaming server. It worked fine at home when connected to home wifi. Maybe I had it set to too high a datarate.
Why in the world was my comment deleted???
I said nothing wrong, just mentioned that you COULD indeed delete videos from the iPod app on the iPhone...what the heck...wow, you guys...
Okay, this is annoying...so my comment wouldn't appear for me, for five minutes, so I post this, and now it's there...fantastic...now I look like an obsessed psycho...
October 25 2010 at 2:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyRunning comments on a large site like TUAW isn't the same as your WordPress blog. Sometimes it takes a little while for them to show up, especially if you didn't login using the 'Returning' tab, you'll have to 'Activate' your comments via email confirmation.
@Mike
It's been stated that the iOS VLC still needs some work with decoding.
@TJ Luoma
You never needed iTunes to delete videos (on iPhones). When you view the list of videos in your iPhone, you simply swipe left or right on the video, and you can then delete it.
Granted, when you sync again in iTunes, it will re-add the video, unless it has been deleted on the computer, but it's good for throwing a video on there for something quick, then getting rid of it to save space.
I do this all the time for class. I'll throw a video onto my iPhone, and delete it off of the computer. I then go to school, show off the video, then delete it from my iPhone, and that's that.
Now they just need to enable the ability to upload via Wi-Fi.
It'd be nice to throw a video onto my friend's iPads or iPhones without the need to physically connect to a computer...until then, I'll still be using Files for videos.
"You can now delete files from the application, without having to go through iTunes" is part of VLC's official release notes.
You could delete videos from iTunes via the slide-to-delete method, but not in VLC.
So happy for this! One of the biggest reasons I never load video on my iPhone is because I don't want to take the time to convert files, now I don't have to!
October 25 2010 at 2:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDoesn't appear to work on 2nd Gen iPod Touch. iTunes won't allow it to load.
October 25 2010 at 2:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDidn't read the description, I see...
October 25 2010 at 2:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySince the headline for this story reads "VLC 1.1.0 now available for all iOS devices" you can see my disappointment.
October 25 2010 at 4:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyCool and slightly disappointing. My .mkv file that is 250mb is having some hiccups on my new iPod Touch 4g with an A4 chip. Either iOS devices are not ready for VLC or there is still some more optimizing to be done to the program itself.
October 25 2010 at 2:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWell, it makes no difference what the size is - what is it's bitrate and/or resolution?
It's playing standard def avi tv rips fine here, though it got really confused when I tried to sync another file on while it was playing - the sound and video got tens of seconds out-of-sync.
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