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How is OPlayer vs. AVPlayer for iPhone?

PowerRanger

PowerRanger

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Hi everyone, I'd appreciate some input regarding OPlayer vs AVPlayer for the iPhone 4S (don't have yet, planning to buy one soon).

I downloaded the free version of OPlayer on my iPad 2, and to my surprise found playback of simple AVI movies (non HD) in the range of 700mb - 1.4gb to be slightly, but noticeablely, choppy. It's a slight choppiness throughout, rather than random occurrences.

So I'm wondering if this is to be expected of AVPlayer (paid version) as well? Is the paid version of OPlayer better? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
 
PowerRanger said:
Yeah I'm pretty much looking tO avoid that.
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Then go Android instead. Seriously.

The best player currently in iOS is XBMC. You have to jailbreak to add it, and it doesn't work great with the HDMI out, but it will play most files. Using my h264 gauntlet (a series of samples I use to test the decoding on all GPUs) XBMC+iPad2 can play most standard files, though it has trouble with extreme bitrates and non-standard encodes (like stuff with crazy reference frames). It will work with most scene mkvs.

If you don't want to jailbreak, or you want decent HDMI out (and not crappy mirroring which is the best any robust player can provide on iOS) you have to convert with Handbrake.

Honestly this is a big reason I switched from iOS to Android myself this year.

I am a big HTPC guy (I am the Hardware Guru on the XBMC Forum) and my wife and I consume tons of mkv material. At home I have legendary HTPCs to do the job, but I got tired of having to bring an ION netbook with me when we wanted to watch content on hotel room TVs. The iPad 2 couldn't do the job, though I tried very hard.

So I bought an AT&T SGS2 the day it was available. It plays EVERY file in my mkv gauntlet perfectly to a TV in full 1080p via MHL. In fact the stock player can play these files- I only have bought Dice Player to allow for DTS soundtracks. Using a NTFS external drive to carry them and an internal ext2 drive to hold them on the phone I can play full Blu Ray rips (so like 30gb files) wherever I am with ease. The Exynos SoC in the SGS2 is a beast.

Other Android devices don't fare quite as well. The SGS1 is ok, but fails weird encodes or high bitrates. Tegra 2 stuff simply doesn't work. TI stuff seems ok (the Razr's Stock player can play h264 mkvs as much as iPad2+XBMC), even though someone here reported problems with the GNex. Qualcomm stuff is usually pretty terrible, and relies on amazing NEON support to play these files.

The only phone I have found that can play 98% of the files in my huge library is the SGS2. I plan to get a Transformer Prime soon and I hope it can too.
 
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poofyhairguy said:
Then go Android instead. Seriously.
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Hi poofyhairguy, I think you've posted in all of threads that I made here regarding my indecisiveness btw. the Galaxy S2 & iPhone 4S, heheh. I think my previous post was regarding GSII's USB OTG capability.

I was actually all set to get the GSII. It fits "my" needs to a perfect T. But I went to the AT&T store yesterday for one last "feel". To to be honest, my heart kept sucking me back to the iPhone 4s, lol. I don't really understand it, maybe the Android interface just felt too alien to me.

One other thing is I'm looking to purchase the unlocked versions, so with the Apple I'd still get warranty support, and the GSII from Newegg have some weird warranty situation going on with brainstormco or something...

Seriously, I hate being so indecisive. Uhg.
 
Hi poofyhairguy, I think you've posted in all of threads that I made here regarding my indecisiveness btw.
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Probably. Any SGS2 or phone media playback discussion brings me in.

PowerRanger said:
I don't really understand it, maybe the Android interface just felt too alien to me.
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There is a learning curve, I will admit. One huge help is the piles of free apps thanks to Amazon. One a day from the start and now without spending a dime I have three times as much value in Android apps as I did iOS apps (and I had two iPhones for 4 years).

One other thing is I'm looking to purchase the unlocked versions, so with the Apple I'd still get warranty support, and the GSII from Newegg have some weird warranty situation going on with brainstormco or something...
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Yeah, the Newegg one is the International SGS2 so to fill the warranty often they have to ship it back to the market from wince it came. The warranty issue is why I didn't buy an Int. SGS2 for all those tortuous months in between when it hit in Europe and when it hit in the states.

If the warranty thing is a big deal to you just get the AT&T one unlocked. Then you get a normal American warranty with the same beastly SoC inside:

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SGH-i7.../dp/B00642EWMU

In fact, I would argue my AT&T SGS2 is the best SGS2 version as it has NFC and the Int version doesn't....
 
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poofyhairguy said:
If the warranty thing is a big deal to you just get the AT&T one unlocked. Then you get a normal American warranty with the same beastly SoC inside:

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SGH-i7.../dp/B00642EWMU

In fact, I would argue my AT&T SGS2 is the best SGS2 version as it has NFC and the Int version doesn't....
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Oh WOW thank you for that link! Great price too.

Yeah I really have no choice in getting an unlocked phone since I basically work out of the country 50/50 out of the year.
 
amen to Android too!
cant be wasting my time converting using handbrake and synching with itunes. i just love android for playing any files. getting files in AND out couldnt be any easier with a standard usb cable
 
I haven't had any problems with AVPlayer for iPad. Played a 7gb mkv of dark knight no problem. The only problem I've encountered is when I try to do the mirroring thing to a HDTV. That's when it stutters a little. Other than that, it's everything I wanted it to be.
 
Use stock player. iPhone chip has a multitude of optimizations. all of the 3rd party video players use the general processor and their performance is pretty bad. They can handle low res files fine but seriously choke on high res files.
 
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