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[mrkgoo]

how time consuming is it going to be adding ~5000 songs to it?

The remote app is a very small app that connects to an iTunes library on the same network. There's no storage on the iPad at all, as it's just a remote. It controls the iTunes library. Presumably then, you'd have that library somehow connected to your sound system.

There are actually many ways you can stream or control audio from your iDevice. Obviously, all the officially sanctioned methods tend to involve iTunes on a computer.

What format is your music at the moment? If it's in mp3 or aac, then iTunes already plays it, and no conversion is needed. Just import to the library.

 

[japtor]

Unless you're using FLAC or OGG* or some other random format you should be fine. Adding to iTunes shouldn't take long...depending on iTunes' settings. It sounds like you're anal about your collection and probably have them all organized yourself, so disable the "copy files to iTunes Media folder" and "keep iTunes Media folder organized" if you don't want it to touch your files.

If they're all tagged and iTunes reads them right you should be good to go pretty quickly, depending on the speed of your computer and HD. Then just turn configure the sharing settings. I forget if you need to do the whole iTunes Home Sharing thing or just regular library sharing.

*I think there's a FLAC and OGG plugins but I don't know if they still work.

 

[Zzoram]

I just got a tiny scratch on the back of my iPad 2 after having it for about 2 months.

Not actually sure when it happened. I should probably be more careful.

 

[FreeMufasa]

I'll probably buy an Ipad 2 within the next month. I know theres no solid info but maybe based on past progression and where things are heading now, does anyone have any idea of the improvements an Ipad 3 would have?

 

[Spiderjericho]

I'll probably buy an Ipad 2 within the next month. I know theres no solid info but maybe based on past progression and where things are heading now, does anyone have any idea of the improvements an Ipad 3 would have?

You'd really have to wait until iPhone 5 to figure out. And even then, hopefully they try to distinguish between them like a sort of laptop replacement having more RAM, better camera, etc versus the unified approach they've been taking between touch, phone and pad.

 

[Synless]

I'm confused, I pledged $25 to get that Jot stylus. How do I choose which color I want? I want the gunmetal color and it never asked me to choose.

Also, do save files from games I had on the iPod touch not transfer? I updated everything and used those apps stored on my Mac to transfer to my ipad. When I went to play infinity blade it started me off at square one.

 

[jts]

So my father ended up getting an iPad 2 32GB +3G. It's pretty sweet. I'm setting it up for him right now.

Guys, I remember enabling multitouch gestures on my iPad 1 through some hoops, thought they were already on the iPad 2 though. Guess that's iOS 5? Anyway, is it possible to enable them, on a Mac, without a currently active dev account?

edit: heh, was easy as pie. didn't even need xcode 4.

 

[numble]

So apps might be able to block video from mirroring. I had an xvid or something file in AVPlayerHD and it didn't have AirPlay and didn't show up on the TV until I pressed the app's TV-Out button. This is on latest iOS 4. So possibly might have issues with AirPlay mirroring come iOS 5.

 

[Zzoram]

So apps might be able to block video from mirroring. I had an xvid or something file in AVPlayerHD and it didn't have AirPlay and didn't show up on the TV until I pressed the app's TV-Out button. This is on latest iOS 4. So possibly might have issues with AirPlay mirroring come iOS 5.

does that prevent TV-out mirroring with the DigitalAV cable?

 

[numble]

does that prevent TV-out mirroring with the DigitalAV cable?

Sorry for the confusion--this was when using the cable.

But I think mp4 videos played fine both ways.

 

[Zzoram]

So AVPlayerHD blocks some TV-outs on XVIDs?

 

[numble]

No, you have to manually press a TV-Out button that they have. If you try to do automatic mirroring, only the sound goes through. Press the TV-Out button and it works, and the iPad screen turns into settings to adjust the width/height of the video on your screen.

My point is that it looks like other apps can block it, since they don't all have to provide a TV-Out button.

 

[Zzoram]

Oh ok. How is the audio and video sync?

VLC seems to have audio slightly out of sync with video for me.

 

[numble]

It seemed fine. Nothing wrong. I've not tested with all video codecs, though. I remember testing a MP4 video for you last time and I'm pretty sure everything was automatic. So it may be that it handles different filetypes differently.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

What do you all feel the best feed reader is on iPad? I want one more styled like google reader and not like pulse.

 

[neojubei]

What do you all feel the best feed reader is on iPad? I want one more styled like google reader and not like pulse.

Flipboard

http://flipboard.com/

 

[Tobor]

What do you all feel the best feed reader is on iPad? I want one more styled like google reader and not like pulse.

Reeder.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Flipboard

http://flipboard.com/

Have that too, it's cool, but I want more of a list view. I'll check out reeder.

Reeder kind of looks like pulse.

 

[Blackhead]

What do you all feel the best feed reader is on iPad? I want one more styled like google reader and not like pulse.

River of News

http://riverofnewsapp.com/

 

[Tobor]

Have that too, it's cool, but I want more of a list view. I'll check out reeder.

Reeder kind of looks like pulse.

Reeder looks like Pulse? Whuh?

Reeder has "readability", where you can pull down the rest of the article without going to a browser. Unless one of the others has that, it wins by default.

 

[japtor]

It seemed fine. Nothing wrong. I've not tested with all video codecs, though. I remember testing a MP4 video for you last time and I'm pretty sure everything was automatic. So it may be that it handles different filetypes differently.

Depending what you played the MP4 with, it may have been using the standard video player which automatically outputs when connected to an external screen I think. With AVPlayer it probably has to roll its own video player for all those random formats (cause there's nothing built in to handle them), so they'd also have to roll their own external video thing too (otherwise it'd just mirror 1024x768 on iPad 2, or nothing on iPad 1) and I guess they just didn't set it to default to output when a screen is connected like the built in player.

And I've mentioned it before, apps could always block it just by making their own explicit video output like the HBO app does, with just a big HBO logo from what I've heard.

 

[Teddman]

The best iPad video player is Buzz Player HD, imo. It's the only one I know of that will stream any format video file from a NAS, no need to have a computer on with a client conversion program (like Air Video or StreamToMe needs). No need to copy the file locally to the iPad like AVPlayer.

 

[Fusebox]

HOW?!

 

[Teddman]

With Buzz Player HD, I simply attach a hard drive via USB to my Airport Extreme router, then type the Samba address (smb:// etc.) into the app and voila, Buzz Player is browsing the hard drive with a Finder-style interface. Pick the movie and it streams to the iPad.

It'd work the same with any NAS hard drive or another wireless router that does usb disk sharing over a wi-fi network.

 

[Fusebox]

Is the file conversion happening at the iPad then? Do you notice any startup lag while it trys to convert?

 

[Teddman]

It's either happening at the iPad level or Buzz Player has the codec support to simply play the files. I don't know which, but it works well, not much delay at the start of a movie or when skipping around the timeline, and it didn't even seem to unduly drain the battery.

EDIT: The way the app description reads, Buzz Player simply plays the files because it supports the codecs--doesn't need to convert at all.

 

[Fusebox]

Nice one, thx man, I'm gonna check it out.

 

[Tobor]

With Buzz Player HD, I simply attach a hard drive via USB to my Airport Extreme router, then type the Samba address (smb:// etc.) into the app and voila, Buzz Player is browsing the hard drive with a Finder-style interface. Pick the movie and it streams to the iPad.

It'd work the same with any NAS hard drive or another wireless router that does usb disk sharing over a wi-fi network.

Stupid question: How do I figure out what the Samba address of my Airport Extreme is?

 

[Teddman]

Launch Airport Utility, it should load with start page showing the local IP address of your router.

Your samba address is that ip + the name of the hard drive (whatever it's called at the top level in Finder), in the following format:

smb://IP address with .'s/name of hard drive

You enter it in the app by hitting the "browse network" button and then the + button.

It rox! Love how easy it is to use the Airport Extreme usb disk with apps like Buzz Player, FileBrowser, etc. It's a great combination with iPad for wireless media.

 

[Tobor]

Launch Airport Utility, it should load with start page showing the local IP address of your router.

Your samba address is that ip + the name of the hard drive (whatever it's called at the top level in Finder), in the following format:

smb://IP address with .'s/name of hard drive

You enter it in the app by hitting the "browse network" button and then the + button.

It rox! Love how easy it is to use the Airport Extreme usb disk with apps like Buzz Player, FileBrowser, etc. It's a great combination with iPad for wireless media.

Got it working. Thanks!

 

[ajf009]

i've wanted and ipad since they came out, i heard a rumor, and its totally unfounded, just heard it, about the ipad 3 possibly arriving next february?? any possibility of this?

if it's true i'll wait until then to grab one if not then i'm thinking of getting one soon.. anything important i should know beforehand?

 

[BuggyDClown]

i've wanted and ipad since they came out, i heard a rumor, and its totally unfounded, just heard it, about the ipad 3 possibly arriving next february?? any possibility of this?

if it's true i'll wait until then to grab one if not then i'm thinking of getting one soon.. anything important i should know beforehand?

Sounds about right. Don't listen to the fools who say this fall. I'll eat my hat if that's true. Someone can go ahead and bookmark this. Apple typically updates iOS devices once a year. Early april 2010, March 2011 so feb 2012 sounds close to when it will arrive.

 

[Piggus]

I'm confused, I pledged $25 to get that Jot stylus. How do I choose which color I want? I want the gunmetal color and it never asked me to choose.

Also, do save files from games I had on the iPod touch not transfer? I updated everything and used those apps stored on my Mac to transfer to my ipad. When I went to play infinity blade it started me off at square one.

Apparently we'll get an email before they ship asking which color we want. I'm getting the gunmetal one as well but I'm going to suggest that they offer white to match the white iPad 2.

 

[jts]

The best iPad video player is Buzz Player HD, imo. It's the only one I know of that will stream any format video file from a NAS, no need to have a computer on with a client conversion program (like Air Video or StreamToMe needs). No need to copy the file locally to the iPad like AVPlayer.

Does it work with other kinds of shares? AFP?

 

[brotkasten]

Is there a better display extender app than DisplayLink? I found it a bit laggy.

Anyone?

 

[Vinterbird]

i've wanted and ipad since they came out, i heard a rumor, and its totally unfounded, just heard it, about the ipad 3 possibly arriving next february?? any possibility of this?

if it's true i'll wait until then to grab one if not then i'm thinking of getting one soon.. anything important i should know beforehand?

Apple generally updates all of their devices once a year. The iPhone will get updated this fall, and the iPad will probably get updated this coming march as the iPad 3/iPad HD/iPad Retina.

 

[numble]

Anyone?

AirDisplay?

 

[brotkasten]

AirDisplay?

Thanks, but is it really better or just another (crappy) alternative? It's not like the app is cheap.

 

[krypt0nian]

Skype for iPad is here

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skype-for-ipad/id442012681?mt=8

 

[jts]

Nice. But what's the point of not making it simply a universal app. Heh.

 

[Teddman]

Does it work with other kinds of shares? AFP?

Buzz Player doesn't do AFP, the only app I know of that does that is FilesConnect/Cloud Connect Pro. But it can do FTP and other methods, check the site:

http://bugunsoft.com/buzzplayerhd/help/browsenetwork.html

 

[Mercury Fred]

Hey GAF, new iPad owner here!

Looking for general app recs, but especially looking for:

-a PDF reader
-a comics reader

 

[desu]

Hey GAF, new iPad owner here!

Looking for general app recs, but especially looking for:

-a PDF reader
-a comics reader

Do your comics have a certain format?

Otherwise Good Reader for both, but there are more specialized comic readers out there.

 

[Jugendstil]

Hey GAF, new iPad owner here!

Looking for general app recs, but especially looking for:

-a PDF reader
-a comics reader

I really like Comic Zeal. Some people have issues with it, but I haven't had any problems syncing my comics or using the app itself. I reread the entire Sandman series using it the first week I owned my iPad and it was a fantastic experience.

 

[Aske]

Hey GAF, new iPad owner here!

Looking for general app recs, but especially looking for:

-a PDF reader
-a comics reader

Comic Zeal is magnificent. Worth it for the magic wand background feature alone, IMO. But try the free alternatives first - Cloudreaders also reads PDFs.

 

[the-iek]

Comic Zeal ist one of my favourite apps on the iPad, so Comic Zeal all the way!

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

I just recently started using Comic Zeal and it's very very good.

 

[StoOgE]

So, I'm kind of thinking of getting a tablet in the nearish future.

I'm looking at the Asus transformer and the Ipad 2 and had some questions. I have an iphone, so it makes sense to get the ipad 2 in the sense that my purchases can be moved over and movies/etc synced between the two devices. Don't really care about puting music or storing much beyond a movie or two for a plane ride on the thing, so 16GB should do the trick.

Is there a good suite of office compatible software for this? Don't see it happening too often, but it would be nice to be able to work on a document from work while watching TV and not lug the laptop out.

Second, I've used Comixology before.. does anyone know about a subscription model for day and date DC comics happening? I know they are going day and date with the number 1s and it would be so sweet to get the suite of them auto-downloaded or some such when they drop.

Lastly, is there a good resource for magazines you can get digitally? preferably as apps, but really however. This will 99% be used for reading books/magazines/comics with lite web browsing and game playing in there.. and some movie watching on plane trips.

 

[Of All Trades]

Do your comics have a certain format?

Otherwise Good Reader for both, but there are more specialized comic readers out there.

Goodreader can't do cbr/cbz. I've shifted to Stanza for most of my reading just to keep things in one place but Goodreader is good.

Get ComicGlass. It has tons of options, looks great, and can directly pull files off a shared drive on my network. I used to use Bookman (and wish Glass had the ftp option although it has a reasonable alternative) but when Bookman updated to free/pay both versions seemed to take a hit in quality. Comic Zeal isn't as fast or as easy to use as Glass and I don't think it has as many options and costs four times as much.

 

[PdotMichael]

Hi,

I need a good dictation machine/voice recorder app, any ideas?