Thursday, November 5, 2015
How To Play any video on an iPhone or iPad
VLC's free video player appeared in the App Store in 2010. effectively breaking Apple's walled garden by letting iPhone users play any video format It was soon removed by Apple. But you can't keep a good app down, and its back on i0S. now with Dropbox integration and a Wi-Fi uploading tool.
VLC for i0S: bit.ly/vIc iOS 5.1+
Download VLC if you haven't already. If the main screen says Empty Media Library, you need to add some video files - transferring via Dropbox is a simple way to do this. Tap the cone button in the top-left corner to open the VLC menu. Tap Dropbox and sign in. Navigate to your videos, tap a file n and tap Download. U You can only download one file at a time.'
Alternatively, use VLC's Wi-Fi upload tool. Navigate to WiFi Upload a in the VLC menu and slide the grey button to ON. U Make a note of the IP address that appears, and type it into the browser on your computer. Drag video files to the browser window to copy them to VLC. Your iPhone and PC need to be on the same Wi-Fi network.
Any video files that you add via Dropbox or Wi-Fi are listed on the main VLC screen. Below each video's title you'll find its length and file size listed, if you haven't played it in VLC before, its marked as new. To remove a video. tap Edit tap the delete icon a and tap Delete. a To play a video, tap its thumbnail.
The video opens in VLC's player screen. Hold your phone horizontally to auto-rotate the player, or disable this in your iPhone's settings. Tap the clock icon a and adjust the slider a to increase or slow down the playback speed. and tap the landscape icon a to adjust picture settings such as brightness, contrast and colour saturation.
Tap the arrows icon in the top-right corner to change the aspect ratio. Keep tapping it to cycle through different options. including 4:3, 16:9 and 'crop to fill screen'. Aspect ratio information, icons, sliders and other overlaid info will disappear after a couple of seconds. Tap Done a to return to your video list.
The VLC app is also available for Android (bit.ly/vlcdroid) but it's a beta release and described as "unstable". The full version is due soon and will be able to handle all audio and video file formats. The unofficial VLC Direct app (bit.ly/vlcdirect326) is free and lets you stream videos and other media from your computer to your Android phone or tablet.
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