Preview: VLC media player for the iPhone and iPod Touch

by Ross McKillop on June 3, 2008

iPod/iPhone

Update: this is actually a rather ‘large’ update - may more decoders are now supported, including XviD, h264, MPEG4, FLAC, 3GP, MP3, MPEG2, AVI, and more! In addition, volume control was added, and the warning when no media is found was fixed. Updated screenshots soon.


Thanks to the geniuses over at zodttd.com, the VLC media player will be coming to your jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch in the near future. Keep reading for more info and some preview screenshots.

vlc4iphone is in beta, which means the usual caveats apply (limited functionality and not above crashing). Currently, it plays mpeg/mpg, avi and mp3 files. And by avi they do not mean divx or xvid, though both are being researched as an added format (along with flac, ogg, vcd, wma and wmv).

Right now, vlc4iphone is only available to ZodTTD.com Beta Testers, though as more decoders get implemented and some bugs fixed up, a public release will be made.


installing vlc4iphone
 
vlc4iphone on the Dashboard
 

No ROMs Found (hey it’s beta right?)
 
Media list (and ads?)
 

Select an Action
 
Playing an MPG
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  • { 1 trackback }

    VLC Media Player for iPhone and iPod Touch
    06.08.08 at 2:37 am

    { 4 comments… read them below or add one }

    1 Thomas Murphy 06.03.08 at 10:51 pm

    The modular design makes VLC easier to use and I think this cooperation between VLC media player and iPhone will make the use of iPhone more fun and easy.

    2 ZodTTD 06.04.08 at 12:47 am

    I better fix those bugs quick! Thanks for the preview! :)

    3 Ross McKillop 06.04.08 at 7:15 am

    @ZodTTD:

    It’s a beta man, we don’t expect everything to work :) I think it’s safe to say that most of us are just thrilled at the *concept* of VLC on an iPhone/iPod Touch. To be able to play xvid files would be so amazing - no more converting etc.. Cheers and keep up the great, great work!

    4 ZodTTD 06.04.08 at 7:31 am

    Thanks so much Ross! I plan to keep this project in tip top shape. I am getting great feedback, support from VideoLan, and an urge to drag and drop on the iPhone/iPod Touch! Makes it worth it!

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