which apps did you use to stream? and what were your issues, give me more details.Mine was an iPad 4 16GB Wi-Fi mate. I don't exactly remember the iOs version but I guess it was on iOs 6 at least, though I am not too sure of that.
You tried Air Video HD? and for no server setup, the free version of VLC?http://techenclave.com/community/threads/ipad-4-vs-nexus-10.143702/
I tried all regular streaming apps which required a server-side app to be installed on the PC, but that was not what I was looking for. What I was looking for was the equivalent of using ES File Explorer+MX Player combo on my Android. I bought apps worth around 1k and in the end did find OPlayer HD which used to do exactly what I wanted but it only used to play 720p content and used to stutter when playing 1080p content.
I remember, i had used AirVideo HD to stream 1080p 8 GB file of prometheus onto ipad mini. Are you saying that on the fly transcoding of 1080p videos has inferior quality compared to streaming over Mxplayer?I don't remember now exactly. I did try Air Video and VLC Streamer. Both apps required a software to be installed on my PC which would convert the video on the fly and was not what I was looking for. I found Oplayer HD to be the closest to what I was looking for. It would show me all my shared folders just like ES File explorer does and then play the videos. The only problem was it didn't play 1080p videos without stuttering. 720p content was played flawlessly. At the same time I had a Note 2 as well which used to play even the 1080p content flawlessly over the same network.
I remember, i had used AirVideo HD to stream 1080p 8 GB file of prometheus onto ipad mini. Are you saying that on the fly transcoding of 1080p videos has inferior quality compared to streaming over Mxplayer?
Agreed here totally. When my iPad is perfectly capable of playing them then why simply burn resources of PC.Yes, I found on the fly transcoding to have inferior quality. But that is not the main issue I had. I didn't want to tax my PC i.e. I didn't want my PC to do any work other than just share the files.
No, I meant VLC. This supports UPnP, but you have to set up a UPnP server at your PC.VLC Streamer.
iPad Air played 14-15GB 1080p MKVs flawlessly. No issues at all.Can you please include the performance of 10gb 1080p DTS mkv movie prints in your review. I'm setting up a NAS soon. So I'm hoping it can stream the prints flawlessly.