VLC pour iPhone est sur l'AppStore

25 octobre 2010

Après la période de validation habituelle, nous sommes très heureux d’annoncer la sortie de VLC pour iPhone sur l’AppStore !

Cette nouvelle version apporte les améliorations principales suivantes :

• Elle fonctionne désormais sur iPhone 3GS et iPhone 4, ainsi que sur les iPods de génération 3 et 4.
• Le décodage des vidéos est bien plus rapide que dans la version précédente.
• Il est désormais possible d’ouvrir les pièces-jointes d’autres applications, ainsi que les flux RTSP et MMS.

Comme d’habitude, l’intégralité du code source est disponible. Nous sommes désormais hébergés sur git.videolan.org, donc n’hésitez pas à nous soumettre vos modifications si vous voulez contribuer !

VLC for the iPhone hits the AppStore

25 octobre 2010

After the usual validation delay, we’re very happy to announce the availability of VLC on the AppStore !

This new version brings in the following major improvements :

• It works on the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, as well as 3rd and 4th generation iPods.
• Decoding is quite a lot faster than in the previous version
• You can now open attachments from other applications, as well as RTSP and MMS streams.

Once again, all the source code is freely available. We’re now hosted on git.videolan.org, so feel free to submit patches if you would like to contribute!

VLC media player soon to be available for the iPhone

11 octobre 2010

Nearly one month after the iPad release, we’re glad to announce the release of VLC for the iPhone! This will come as an update to the current iPad application, which will be universal (i.e. work on the iPad as well as the iPhone and iPod Touch).

Currently, the app is being reviewed by Apple. Hopefully, it should be made available on the AppStore pretty soon.

Concerning this new version, here are a few interesting facts :

• Playback should be smoother than the previous version. Indeed, we’ve enabled low-level assembly optimizations to use the ARMv7 core of the Apple A4 processor as efficiently as possible.
• It’s still not possible to use the hardware video decoder, so unfortunately in most cases 720p video still won’t play smoothly.
• Unfortunately, we couldn’t support older iPhones and iPods. You’ll need either an iPhone 3GS or an iPhone 4 (or a same-generation iPod). The reason is actually pretty simple : based on our tests, the older iPhones (3G and Edge) don’t have enough power to properly decode most movies.
• We’re supporting a lot more video extensions. Also, as many of you requested, it’s also now possible to open attachments from Mail or Safari (or any other applications actually) in VLC!

Follow us on twitter (we’re @applidium) to get our latest updates concerning the release!