Air Video HD. app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 9760 ratings )
Photo & Video Entertainment
Developer: Bit Cave Ltd.
5.99 USD
Current version: 2.3.4, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 29 Aug 2013
App size: 7.92 Mb

Air Video HD is the ultimate streaming video player for all videos stored on your computer. If want to watch them on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple TV, this is the app for you.

Download and install the server software on your Mac or PC (Linux coming soon) and you’ll be watching your videos on your device in seconds. Going somewhere without network access? Download is just one tap away.

Don’t worry about video formats, codecs and bitrates, let Air Video HD handle the dirty details for you. If needed, Air Video HD will transparently transcode the video (“on fly”) so that it plays on all supported iOS devices, including Apple TV (with surround sound and soft subtitles). But we took special care to ensure that transcoding is only done when necessary. No matter what format the video is in, AVI, DivX, MKV and other videos just work.

Major Features in Air Video HD 2.0

* Beautiful user interface optimized for iOS 8. With special support for iPhone 6 and 6+, we make sure your valuable screen space is not wasted

* State of the art playback pipeline. We take our transcoding seriously. Support for soft subtitles, H.264 passthrough for your HD videos and surround sound on Apple TV will let you enjoy your media the way it is supposed to be.

* Video Download. Going somewhere without internet access? Air Video HD is the easiest way to get your videos to device. Simply browse to your video and press download. Thats it. With one slider you decide if you want to prioritize video quality or save space on device.

* Synchronized settings. You can stop video on you iPhone and resume on your iPad. Playback settings (including subtitle and audio selection), history and many other are synchronized as well.

* History. Quickly navigate between previously visited folders and played files. See which videos have already been played and which are new. Did we mention that history can be synchronized across all your devices?

* Audio and Subtitle synchronization adjustment (2.0). Your subtitles being out-of-sync is no longer a problem, you can correct it in just few taps.

* Video playback speed control (2.0). In a hurry? Speed it up!

* Aspect ratio control (2.0). Now you can finally correct those those weird looking videos. Also works when playing Apple TV of course!

* Many other features waiting for you to explore

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Note that Air Video HD will not play DRM protected videos. All video content purchased through iTunes includes DRM. Video podcast content is free and does not include DRM protection.

The free server software (available for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Microsoft Windows) is needed to stream and convert the videos and can be downloaded at http://airvideoapp.com .

Pros and cons of Air Video HD. app for iPhone and iPad

Air Video HD. app good for

Perfect balance of ease of use vs fine-grained control. This app solves all my problems for getting video to my Apple TV.
This is a new, slick app for those that use air server. My favorite feature is to download directly from the app without having to connect to stinkn iTunes.
Works fantastic. Ive owned the previous version and now this version. I also bought the Apple TV version for my 4th gen Apple TV. Works great ! I love the new downloading ability and the way it remembers remote connections. Keep improving the app!
Works wonderfully, more features than Apple videos app, and great quality
Seriously worth it considering what you pay for a phone. -Why decide what to load with -This app its always available. -Chromecast option works great, need button on main menu to dc outside of that only frustration is deciding what to watch. -Phone call, text, close it and start playing where you left off. -No issues regardless if on wifi or not only signal loss issues not associated with app. -Each update, look at comments and you see they listen to their users feedback. !!Lastly, if your going to pay your carriers for data get an app that will deliver it!
I love the app and feel like the price is an absolute steal. I have bee using Plex, also a great app. My only problem is probably my own. I have a gigantic library. Very close to 10,000 movies. With Plex and Air Video HD, the software tends to lock up while selecting a new movie. With both programs, this happens. With Air Video HD, the lockup are much fewer and the speed of loading seems much faster. The quality is very good and the setup was a breeze. Even short of perfection, this is a great app and I highly recommend it.

Some bad moments

I have been using Air Video for many years and it is one of the best apps I have, but this new HD version is total rubbish by comparison. Right now I have both versions running and the new HD version stops, needs restarting, drops AirPlay etc every few minutes. If I switch back to the original version, the exact same file on the same hardware plays flawlessly through to the end. Dont get the HD version, its nowhere near as stable as the original.
I regret buying this app. It loads forever and I cannot view my video!
I upgraded to the iPad Pro and now the app doesnt connect to the server. It worked fine before I hope they release an update soon to fix this issue.
I wasted several hours of my life that I will never get back, trying to get this thing working. Im a software engineer, not a free beta tester. Im surprised this code even compiled and made it to the store.
Fantastic app, miss only on subtitles on apple tv. I dont play on apple tv mirroing with this app. Apple tv crashes.
Have to restart the software on my PC every 2 minutes for it to connect. If I dont stream a file within those 2 minutes, the app thinks server is offline, permanently. App reboot doesnt solve issue. Server side is online just fine. Needs looking into. Cant use app like this.

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