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Kind of really lets you see the value of apples H.264 hardware decoding on the iPad.
So just tried this with divx episodes of mad men, The software was great and syncing files from itunes was a breeze(Same interface as syncing files with pages and keynote). The video itself though was pretty choppy. Not sure how it will work for other filetypes but not super impressed, but I imagine it would be hard to do any better with similar hardware. Kind of really lets you see the value of apples H.264 hardware…
So just tried this with divx episodes of mad men, The software was great and syncing files from itunes was a breeze(Same interface as syncing files with pages and keynote). The video itself though was pretty choppy. Not sure how it will work for other filetypes but not super impressed, but I imagine it would be hard to do any better with similar hardware. Kind of really lets you see the value of apples H.264 hardware…
Dude, my 3 year old Nokia N810 with 400mhz CPU plays all kinds of SD video with MPlayer just fine.
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What is there to complain about? The source code is available for anyone to download.
Clause 6 of the GPLv2 says that you "cannot impose any further restrictions" on recipients of the software. One possible interpretation of this clause is that the App Store terms of service impose further restrictions on recipients. Thus authors of GPL software might have a basis to object to other people distributing their software through the App Store, even if full source is provided. ...at least, this was the rat…
That clause in the GPL seems intended to cover distribution of a derived work, where the distributor owns the rights to additions they have made.
Edit: IANAL
I would be really interested to know what triggered that massive policy change. (Not just VLC but also all the other stuff.) It came out of nowhere. No advance warning, no step by step relaxation, no big reveal. Fairly recently Steve Jobs defended Apple’s old App Store policy [+] – just imagine the hearts and minds Apple could have won if Jobs had announced their big policy change right then and added a big mea culpa…
The risk of government intervention seems the most likely reason to me. Better to maintain control and relax restrictions on your own terms than risk having the terms dictated to you by a judge.
Too bad we can't remotely access video files on the computer.
Too bad we can't remotely access video files on the computer.
This is amazing news; I feel like Apple's lifting of restrictions has something to do with modifying your phone's software now being legal in the US. It's probably only beneficial to them to have all of this content available through their App Store outlet if people can easily get it anyway.
So just tried this with divx episodes of mad men, The software was great and syncing files from itunes was a breeze(Same interface as syncing files with pages and keynote). The video itself though was pretty choppy. Not sure how it will work for other filetypes but not super impressed, but I imagine it would be hard to do any better with similar hardware. Kind of really lets you see the value of apples H.264 hardware…
Dude, my 3 year old Nokia N810 with 400mhz CPU plays all kinds of SD video with MPlayer just fine.
MPlayer on the N810 will be using some assembler optimisations. I strongly doubt the "all kinds of SD" claim, however. There is simply no way that CPU will be capable of decoding a typical SD H.264 video. MPEG2 or MPEG4-ASP may work if you're lucky.