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VLC Media Player on iPhone, iPod Touch

Tuesday June 3, 2008 9:10 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
Zodttd announced that he has ported the popular VLC media-playing software over to the iPhone and iPod Touch.

What is vlc4iphone capable of? At the moment it may be limited by only a small handfull of decoders, but soon that list will grow! It currently allows you to drag and drop the following popular media formats onto your iPhone/iPod Touch for playback: MPEG / MPG,AVI,MP3.


The author is currently researching adding support for VCD, DivX, WMA and WMV, with support for FLAC and OGG formats coming "soon". The application is currently under beta testing but a public release is planned soon. The application requires a jailbroken phone for installation.

VLC is a popular cross-platform media player that supports a large list of audio and video formats.
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italiano40
Posted: 52 months ago
I can't wait to get my hands on this, i love VLC
keep the homebrew coming
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mmendoza27
Posted: 52 months ago
This is EXACTLY, EXACTLY why I am excited for the SDK. This is going to be amazing, I love VLC and couldn't live without it on a Mac.
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wakerider017
Posted: 52 months ago
Um, I don't think Apple will be to thrilled about WMA support...

Think this will ever find itself on a 'non-jailbroken' iPod/iPhone?
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polishmacuser
Posted: 52 months ago
god i just want to have firmware 2.0 unlocked :D but vlc is just another great awesome thing for the iphone :D no more converting woo hoo hope it works with safari and all that
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iWizzard
Posted: 52 months ago
I would like this to be an back end to the regular built in player. I would like to be able to play all formats via the regular interface.

Ps I also going to need 128GB flash. :)
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MacTheSpoon
Posted: 52 months ago
I hope this is released through the app store. This would be huge.
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Xenn0X
Posted: 52 months ago
damn xvid support would be huge. ssh the video and play without converting.:apple:
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Dagless
Posted: 52 months ago
I would love this for video streaming. Keep my iMac on at home, watch my films on my iPhone via 3G. I'd like that.
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AndyClarke
Posted: 52 months ago
Sounds interesting but I would not have much use for this to be honest.
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The Phazer
Posted: 52 months ago
Does the SDK allow write access to the main media memory in the first place? As in, would you be able to sync the files without jailbreaking in the first place since iTunes won't let you?

Without that, there's not much point being in the app store. Though a streaming realplayer would be real nice…

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