VLC Media Player for iPad available for download

By Elena Santos on 21 September, 2010

Great news for all iPad owners: the excellent VLC Media Player is now available for download in the App Store. This special iPad port has been developed by Applidium, based on the popular open-source media player for desktop computers.

VLC Media Player for iPad

VLC Media Player for iPad is meant to have native support for major video formats (like MKV and AVI), which can’t be played on iPad’s default video player without being previously converted. It also displays a thumbnail for each video for easier browsing, and is lighter on resources than other video players.

On the downside, comments from the first users who have tried it out report lots of problems with this early version of VLC for iPad – especially when you use it with iOS 4.2 (available as a developer's beta, so those users shouldn't really complain!). The most frequent complaints refer to the app being unable to play MKV files, playing sound but not image or even crashing unexpectedly from time to time.

VLC Media Player for iPad

It's somewhat surprising to read such negative feedback about VLC, when its original desktop version is probably the most stable and efficient media player around. In any case, I still think that having VLC Media Player available for iPad is excellent news. Let's just hope they fix those bugs in future releases, so that we can enjoy our favorite movies anytime, anywhere – and without any boring conversions required!

Comments

  • Jason Jason

    Great news! My question.. How do you get the content on the iPad in the firstplace? I thought all content had to come via iTunes.

    • Sent on 21 Sep 2010
  • Elena Santos Elena Santos

    Hey Jason! You do need iTunes to put content on the iPad. Hook it to your computer, start iTunes and choose "iPad" on the left sidebar. Then click the Apps tab, scroll down to the "File Sharing" section and choose VLC. From there you can add files via the "Add" button or just by dragging and dropping them. iTunes will start copying them to VLC and you'll be able to play them straight away. Hope this helps :)

    • Sent on 21 Sep 2010
  • Jason Jason

    Thank you Elena, I didnt know that :) Jason

    • Sent on 21 Sep 2010
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    • Sent on 13 Nov 2010
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    • Sent on 07 Dec 2010
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    • Sent on 23 Dec 2010
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    • Sent on 26 Dec 2010
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    • Sent on 30 Dec 2010
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    • Sent on 04 Jan 2011
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    • Sent on 16 Jan 2011
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    • Sent on 29 Jan 2011
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    • Sent on 29 Jan 2011
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    • Sent on 10 Feb 2011
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    • Sent on 27 Feb 2011
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    • Sent on 01 Mar 2011
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    • Sent on 01 Mar 2011
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    • Sent on 03 Mar 2011
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    • Sent on 11 Mar 2011
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    • Sent on 14 Mar 2011
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    • Sent on 06 Apr 2011
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    • Sent on 07 Apr 2011
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    • Sent on 09 Apr 2011
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    • Sent on 20 Apr 2011
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    • Sent on 28 Apr 2011
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    • Sent on 08 May 2011
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    • Sent on 18 May 2011
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    • Sent on 26 May 2011
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    • Sent on 04 Jun 2011
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    • Sent on 09 Jun 2011
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    • Sent on 25 Jun 2011
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    • Sent on 26 Jun 2011
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    • Sent on 30 Jun 2011
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    • Sent on 30 Jun 2011
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    • Sent on 06 Jul 2011
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    • Sent on 06 Jul 2011
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    • Sent on 17 Jul 2011
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    • Sent on 18 Jul 2011
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    • Sent on 20 Jul 2011
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    • Sent on 23 Jul 2011
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    • Sent on 04 Aug 2011
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    • Sent on 07 Aug 2011
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    • Sent on 13 Aug 2011
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    • Sent on 13 Aug 2011
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    • Sent on 16 Aug 2011
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    • Sent on 03 Sep 2011
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