How to Use the AVPlayerHD
1. Transferring files to AVPlayerHD from iTunes
- Launch iTunes and connect your device to a computer with the USB dock cable
- Click Apps on the top
- Scroll down using the scroll bar on the right (if the scroll bar appears on the screen)
- Click AVPlayerHD in the Apps on the left lower corner.
- Add files into the AVPlayerHD Document by Dragging & Dropping the file or clicking on the Add Button.
2. Transferring files to AVPlayerHD from Wi-Fi
- Click on the Menu button > click on the Wi-Fi button
- Click on the HTTP/FTP Server button
- Click on the START button
- On the computer which is on the same network as your iPad, input the address that appears on the HTTP/FTP server transmission screen on your web browser.
- A web page which enables uploads to your iPad will appear. Select the desired file and click Submit to directly upload the file to your iPad.
- If file transfer stopped at 0%, please try clicking Submit button again.
3. FTP Client
3-1. FTP Client Setting
- Click on the Menu button > click on the Wi-Fi button
- Click on the FTP Client button
- Input the information of the FTP server you wish to connect to.
- Click on the CONNECT button
3-2. Download(Server -> iPad)
- After connecting to the FTP server, click on the download button
- Select the file you wish to download
- Click on the download button
- Select the folder you wish to download your files to from the list of folders in your current Document folder.
- Show download progress
You can cancel the download by clicking on the cancel button located on the bottom right.
3-3. FTP Streaming
- Select file name to stream after connected to FTP Server.
- Playback the selected file. This is streaming.
3-4. FTP Server List Configration
- Once connected the server as shown above, it is automatically added to the list.
3-5. FTP Server List Deletion
- If you want to clear the list of the server, as shown above swipe to the left and, press the delete button.
4. Player
4-1. How to Use the Player
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Screen Ratio chaning button (4:3 / 16:9 / Full Screen)
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Scrubbing bar
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Volume Control
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Review / Playback(Pause) / Fast Forward
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Screen Rotation Lock / Release button
If screen does not rotate, release the vertical view lock on the IPad.
- Genius Scrolling
You can quickly and easily move to your desired scene by touching anywhere on the playback bar and swiping to the right or left.
- You can view information relating to the video of the file that is playing and turn on and off the H/W decoding.
- You can view information relating to the audio of the file that is playing and can select voice sounds if multichannel sound is available for such file.
- You can adjust the color.
- You can turn on and off subtitles and adjust the sync rate of subtitles by clicking on the + or – button.
- You can adjust the playback speed by clicking on the + or – button.
4-2. Music Player
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When music files are selected in the media explorer, Music player is automatically to be run by collecting music files in thefolder at the moment of clicking.
- Shuffle/Playing in order, Repeating all/ Repeating one song, the list of playing are in place.
4-3. Folder Password Setting
- Click on the edit (spanner) button in Media Explorer
- Click on the lock button on the right side of the folder list.
- Set password
A window to input the password on the initial set up will appear.
You can remove the password setting through the same method.
4-4. Changing the File Name
- Click on the edit (spanner) button in Media Explorer
- Click on the pen button on the far right of the folder or the file list.
- You can change the name of the folder or file with the change file name key pad.
4-5. Subtitle Encoding Setting
- If video and subtitle have the same name in the same folder, subtitle can be encoded.
- Encoding types vary according to the country.
4-6. Subtitle Indication Setting
- Click Subtitle Indication in Setting.
- Subtitle Effect ( Outline / Shadow )
- Subtitle Color ( Black / White )
- Subtitle Size
- Subtitle Location Setting
4-6. Disabling iTunes and iCloud backup option
- iTunes backup was taking long time and a lot of space if you have many files in AVPlayerHD's documents folder. Now you can control to back up or not to back up of AVPlayerHD's file by turn on or off the [iTunes backup] option. AVPlayerHD's document folder will not be backed up by iTunes or iCloud while [iTunes backup] option is off.
- However, if you turn off the [iTunes backup] option, you won't be able to see the file inside of AVPlayerHD's document folder so if you wish to see the file then you need to turn back on [iTunes backup] option.
FAQ
The video will pause when changing subtitles or color during playback.
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In the event the video pauses after changing subtitles or color during playback, swipe the screen to the left or right to resume play.
MKV file (H.264 codec) won’t play based on H/W decoding
- Where the size of the file is smaller than the typical size (this usually occurs when an error occurs while adding a file to your iPad via Wi-Fi or iTunes or is cancelled), the file may not play when playing based on H/W decoding.
- In such case, press the home button twice to completely exit the AVPlayer HD app and restart the app.
WIFI does not work
- Please make sure that it is connected to the same port.
- When transferring files in Internet Explorer you may experience 0% transfer rate.
- If this occurs, please click the “ Submit” button again or you may try different internet browsers such as Safari or Chrome.
There is no sound
- If the audio codec is DTS, the file will not play as it is not supported due to licensing issues for iOS.
The playback isn’t smooth
- Playback of files encoded with H.264 10bit(Hi10) (if a file name includes the words, 10bit, Hi10, Hi10p, it is highly likely that is a file encoded with H.264 10bit(Hi10)) may be slow.
Multi-tasking related
- Main setting > Player setting > General setting > Multi-tasking – by turning on the multi-tasking option, you can still listen to the audio of the video currently playing even if you switch the screen to the background during playback.
TV-Out related Information
A cable that supports TV-Out play back
TV-Out Resolution Adjust
- Main setting > Player setting > Display > TV Out resolution menu – adjust the TV-Out resolution.
AirPlay related
There are two ways to stream the video of your iPad on to your AppleTV by using AirPlay.
Streaming Mode
- Supports resolutions up to 1080P
- Supports only quicktime formats (MP4, MOV, M4V)
- If the app screen display is the same as the picture below, AirPlay is currently on Streaming Mode.
- For codecs not supported by AppleTV, the app screen display will appear like the picture below, only either the video or audio will work or the subtitles will not appear.
- Streaming mode only supports resolutions up to 1080P and only supports quicktime formats. When playing videos in other formats, only either the video or audio of the file will work or the subtitles will not appear. In this case, we recommend using the Mirroring Mode.
Mirroring Mode
- Supports resolutions up to 720P
- As it streams video on to the AppleTV as it appears on the iPad screen by re-encoding the video to a compatible format, it enables the playback of all video and audio formats as well as subtitle display.
- In order to stream videos on to your AppleTV through AirPlay mirroring from AVPlayer HD, the following requirements must be met:
- An iPhone4S, iPad2 or New iPad with iOS 5 or higher
On iOS 5 or before versions, only cable-based AirPlay mirroring is supported.
In order to use wireless AirPlay mirroring, iOS 5 must be installed.
- An AppleTV (2nd or 3rd generation) installed with software version 5.0 or higher
- Your AppleTV must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your iPhone or iPad.
- You can activate AirPlay mirroring on your iPhone or iPad in the following order:
- Double-click on your home button to display the most recently used apps.
Swipe across from left to right through the recently used apps until you see the icon.
- Activate AirPlay mirroring.
Click on the AirPlay button > Click on Apple TV > Click on Mirroring
- Activate AirPlay on AVPlayerHD.
Click the Volume button > Click on Apple TV
- Check to see if the AVPlayer HD screen appears on your TV screen as it is shown below.
- For more information, please check out the following links:
If the video does not fully cover the screen on your AppleTV when streaming with AirPlay
Change the setting to AirPlay Mirroring and then click on the TV icon from the below screen.
The screen on your TV will be fully covered as shown below.