AirPlayer - video player and network streaming app

Submitted by Janner on 4 May, 2012 and last modified on 4 October, 2017

Description of App:

AirPlayer is an application for streaming video*, music*, photo* from UPnP/DLNA media servers to your Apple iPhone/iPod/iPad.

AirPlayer can access media files on your Windows 7 directly. view http://www.edavs.com/forum/ for more details.AirPlayer can stream movies from a NAS to your AppleTV 2 without iTunes! view http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DXM2PcBVos for more details. Videos on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpHfRJCap0w Features

Automated media server discovery on local network, also with a refresh function.
You can add server manually, then you can watch your movies outside the house.
With iPhone 3gs, iPhone4, iPod generation 3 32G/64G, iPod 4G and iPad, you can stream almost any formats of video from your media server, XVID, AVI, RMVB, MKV, MOV, MP4, M4V etc.
With iPhone 3gs, iPhone4, iPod generation 3 32G/64G, iPod 4G and iPad, you can stream almost any formats of music from your media server, MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC etc.
With eailer iPhone/iPod , You can use QuickTime plugin to view limited media formats, MOV, MP4, M4V, MP3, WMA, MP3, AAC.
Support photo browser.
Support photo thumbnails.
Support showing snapshot of the media file. [need server provide]
Support search function.
Support Airplay feature.

Media Servers that have tested working Mac OSMediaLink, TwonkyMediaServer, PS3 media server, Majestic, EyeConnect, Vuze, Playback, iSedora, Orb, TVMOBiLi WindowsWindows7, XBMC, TVersity, TwonkyMediaServer, Wild Media Server, Asset UPnP, FreeMi, Serviio, SAMSUNG PC Share Manager, Mezzmo, UIStream, Nero media home media server,TVMOBiLi, KooRaRoo LinuxMediaTomb, FUPPES, uShare, Coherence, TVMOBiLi, Minidlna streamer NASHP MediaSmart Server[with twonkey media server], Synology DS101, DS106J, DS-207+, Iomega, QNAP, LaCie, thecus 3200,FreeNAS, Buffalo, Western Digital My Book Live, Linksys NAS 2000, NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo, Linksys media hub, D-Link DNS32, Linksys E3000, LG N2A2, eTrayZ, ZYXEL NAS210, Panasonic Blu Ray Disc Recorders DMR-BS885, mycloud-duo PhoneSony Ericsson C905, orb live for iPhone/iPad Don't have a UPnP/DLNA media server? Get one from the URLs below:- Mac OSMajestic, http://majesticdotapp.com/MediaLink, http://www.nullriver.com/products/medialinkTwonkyMediaServer, http://www.twonky.com/products/twonkyserver/PS3 media server, http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/downloads/listVuze, http://www.vuze.com/playback, http://www.yazsoft.com/products/playback/iSedora, http://www.isedora.com/EyeConnect, http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/software/EyeConnect.en.html- WindowsTVersity, http://tversity.com/TwonkyMediaServer, http://www.twonky.com/products/twonkyserver/Wild Media Server, http://www.wildmediaserver.com/Asset UPnP, http://www.dbpoweramp.com/asset-upnp-dlna.htmFreeMi, http://freemiplayer.free.fr/Serviio, http://www.serviio.org/SAMSUNG PC Share Manager, http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/BD-C6900/XAA- LinuxMediaTomb, http://mediatomb.cc/uShare, http://ushare.geexbox.org/Coherence, http://coherence.beebits.net/ By the way, If the media server you are using not works with AirPlayer, please write a mail to us, we will consider to add supportive for it. FAQ:1. Why I can't play the files listed in AirPlayer?If you can get the file list but you can't play the file, make sure you have disabled the transcoding function in the server side.2. How to add media server manually? You need to input your media server’s description address to add the media server manually, then you can watch your movies when you outside your house *Twonky media server.http://IP Address:9000/TMSDeviceDescription.xml*PS3 media serverhttp://IP Address:5001/description/fetch*Eyeconnecthttp://IP Address:2170/*Vuzehttp://IP Address:63158/RootDevice.xml*Yzasofthttp://IP Address:8888/description.xmlIf you have added other media server successfully, tell us!

Apple Watch Support:

Not Known

Version:

1.0.07

Free or Paid:

Paid

Device(s) App Was Tested On:

iPhone

Accessibility Comments:

This is mostly accessible.It was very easy to browse files stored on my NAS.The only problems that I have encountered are that it appears to be impossible to hide the playback controls when VoiceOver is enabled. However, briefly turning VoiceOver off and tapping on the center of the screen will show or hide these controls.The other problem that I've noticed is that the swipe up or down gesture does not appear to work on the slider control for the playback position. However, you can move the slider by using a one-fingered, double-tap and hold whilst VoiceOver focus is on the slider control. Now move your finger left or right across the screen. This takes some trial and error, as you don't get the nice incremental jumps that you do with the swipe up or down.

VoiceOver Performance:

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling:

All buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability:

There are some minor accessibility issues with this app, but they are easy to deal with.

Other Comments:

I really like this app, as it fits my needs perfectly. Navigating and loading of files is very quick, and playback of large movie files didn't suffer the choppiness that I have encountered in other apps. I did, however, follow a tip that I read online, which was to go into the app's settings and increase the size of the video cache from 2MB to 20MB.