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GREAT news: AVPlayer(HD) is back to the AppStore - with official AC-3 support

Werner Ruotsalainen 12.21.12

It took more than three months for AVPlayer(HD), one of the best iOS multimedia players (iPhone / iPad versions), to reenter the App Store. My previous, dedicated article (with more than 16,000 shares) is HERE. Now it's back -- and with official AC-3 support!

The latter means, at least based on my previous tests, AVPlayer should be preferred over CineXPlayer, which delivers worse performance when it comes to playing back MKV's. MKV's, compared to Apple's native formats (mov / mp4 / m4v), are far more flexible, including the ability to store any kind of additional info and tracks like native Blu-ray subtitles, audio etc.

I'll post a detailed review of the new versions very soon.

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Werner Ruotsalainen

Werner Ruotsalainen is an iOS and Java programming lecturer who is well-versed in programming, hacking, operating systems, and programming languages. Werner tries to generate unique articles on subjects not widely discussed. Some of his articles are highly technical and are intended for other programmers and coders.

Werner also is interested in photography and videography. He is a frequent contributor to not only mobile and computing publications, but also photo and video forums. He loves swimming, skiing, going to the gym, and using his iPads. English is one of several languages he speaks.

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