The Air Video application is a free tool will allow you to stream videos in almost any format to your iPhone and iPod touch. The videos need not be copied to the phone to view them on the phone. Apart from this, you can also convert videos on the fly if the format is not supported by iPhone. Further while converting, you need not wait for the complete conversion, it starts playing as it converts.
Features of Air Video;
- Automated server discovery on local network using Apple Bonjour
- Possibility to add custom servers by specifying IP address and port directly
- Share disk folders and iTunes playlists
- Optional password protection
- Add videos to iTunes playlist from iPhone
- Videos that can not by directly played by iPhone can be easily converted.
- Option to convert entire video before playing it (offline conversion)
- Files converted offline can be put to conversion queue
- Adjust quality, zoom and resolution for each video individually
You need to install the server side software on either Windows or Mac and install the iPhone or iPod version from iTunes. You can check the getting started tutorial for more information.
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