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Azul Media Player - Video player and downloader for your iPad

       iOS iPad

★★★ The #1 Travel App of 2011 - As featured in iTunes What's Hot list. ★★★
Never be bored on a plane or subway ride again. Enjoy your favorite videos right on your device without converting or needing a data connection. Azul is the only movie player that allows you to play almost any video format and with the built in downloader you can freely download movies and TV shows directly from the web on the go.
No need to bring your laptop either. Azul can import your videos from the Photos App that you imported using the camera connection kit.

NEEDT TO KNOW
★ Extensive movie formats supported
★ Open video email attachments from Mail app (yes the app integrates into the native mail program on your device as well as Safari)
★ TV Out (read instructions below)
★ Passcode lock
★ Landscape lock while watching a movie
★ Download videos directly (you must have a direct link to the video. If you are not sure, please email us and we will verify the site you want to download from before buying the app)
★ iTunes File sharing sync
★ Video Tutorials
★ Subtitles (.srt) support
★ Import videos from Photos App (Camera Roll) - Perfect for Camera Connection Kit users, 700MB video took about 5 mins to import on iPad2.
★ "Two fingers" swipe gestures - Speed up video playback by 25% each time you "Swipe Right" on the video or "Swipe left" to slow down. "Two-finger double tap" on the video to shrink it. "Two-finger swipe-up/down" to change audio tracks if applicable.
★ Custom video thumbnails
HD(720p) is supported *ONLY* on iPad2/3 for AVI MPEG-4 Video (XVID)
Windows Media Video (WMV) are supported.
Windows Media Video Screen (WMV Screen) - not supported.
★ Introducing HTTP Streaming Video (Beta) - "Touch-n-Hold" a direct link to a video file to play without downloading. Try it with a video trailer and see how easy it is.

FILE FORMAT
Currently the following types of content is supported: 3gp, sf, avi, divx, dv, flv, gxf, m2p, m2ts, m2v, m4v, mkv(non-hd), moov, mov, mp4, mpeg, mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4, mpg, mpv, mt2s, mts, mxf, ogm, ogv, ps, qt, ts, vob, webm, wm, wmv

EMAIL ATTACHMENTS
Hold down the video attachment in your email for about 2 seconds and you will get a popup asking "Open in Azul". Select the option and the video will play in Azul.

TV OUT
Connect your iPad to your TV BEFORE playing a video. When you play the video Azul will automatically send video and audio to your TV when it detects an external screen connected when you begin to play the movie.
✔ AirPlay - Supporting all formats with iOS 5 running on iPad2 (not iPad1) + iOS 4.4+ running on Apple TV2
(Turn ON iPad2 mirroring http://i.tuaw.com/2011/10/13/ipad-mirroring-mode-on-your-appletv-2-how-to-do-it/)

PASSCODE LOCK
Keep your kids or nosy friends from seeing your collection by using the passcode feature. The enter passcode box will appear anytime you leave the app (even while multi-tasking).

DOWNLOAD VIDEOS
[WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT TUTORIAL FOR DOWNLOADING WITH AZUL ON THE APP SUPPORT PAGE AT http://www.gplexdb.com/azul.html]
This is ideal if you are traveling and need to add new content without having to use your computer or iTunes. You could use your hotel's Wifi or even your nearby coffee shop HotSpot to download new episodes or movies. No worries about downloading content on your computer first and then syncing.

ITUNES FILE SHARING (Video tutorial on support page)
Using the iTunes file sharing functionality you can put all your existing videos into Azul.

CUSTOM THUMBNAILS
You can assign thumbnails to your videos, use PNG image-format eg. myvideo.avi myvideo.png (256x256)

VIDEO TUTORIALS
Tutorials on our support page http://www.gplexdb.com/azul.html

*** iPhone version also available ***

We strive for 100% customer satisfaction -- Send us an email at azulipad@gplexdb.com and we'll be more than delighted to help.

What's new

-v3.8/3.9
✔ Hybrid plugin added for older devices
✔ Update layout
✔ Bug fixes

-v3.7
✔ iOS 6 related update
✔ Bug fixes

-v3.5
✔ Video Notes & Bookmarks
✔ iTunesU video importing
✔ Download lectures from Yale Open Courses

-v3.4
✔ New look
✔ Airplay using iPad mirroring with iOS 5.x

-v3.3
✔ New PIN scheme for passcode
✔ Send To DropBox from File Manager (or other apps)
✔ Subtitle encoding selection
✔ FTP Server for wireless transfer (use any username and no password needed to port 2100)
✔ UserAgent Spoofing
✔ New Tutorials on support page

-v3.0
✔ Playlist - Hit "Edit" on the thumbnail view to create a playlist.
✔ Audio support for .wma files
✔ Custom thumbnails: You can assign thumbnails to your videos, use PNG image-format, and size of the picture around 225x225 in pixel size, (the larger the image is the better it will look on a display but at the same time large thumbnails loads slower and take up more memory). eg. myvideo.avi myvideo.png (.jpg is unofficially supported)
✔ Switched from 1-finger to 2-finger swipes because users were accidentally speeding up videos.
✔ Change audio track by two-finger swipe up/down for videos with multiple audio tracks
✔ Background downloading
✔ AirPlay Beta (supporting all formats) iOS 5 running on iPad2 + iOS 5 running on Apple TV2 (turn on mirroring on your iPad2)

-v2.3
✔ Import videos from Photos App (Camera Roll) - Perfect for Camera Connection Kit users, 700MB video took about 5 mins to import on iPad2. For SD card make sure that the files (videos) on the sd-card are placed under a directory called DCIM. The name of the files should be exactly 8 (EIGHT) characters long (example 12345678.AVI)
[☞ Same playback rules apply for imported videos as stated in the app description]
✔ Apple Native Player plugin enhancements: For landscape-left/right playback turn iPad to desired orientation before starting video, AirPlay (iOS 4.3+ required), Video playback looping. Apple native player plugin plays mp4, m4v, mov, 3gp videos upto 1080p.
✔ Improved downloader - Better detection of downloadable content.
✔ "Two fingers" swipe gestures - Speed up video playback by 25% each time you 'Two fingers Swipe Right' on the video.
[☞ This option is great for "lectures" type videos where there is limited action and speed up will save you time by covering the information faster]
'Two fingers Swipe left' to slow down videos. 'Two-finger double tap' on the video to shrink it.
✔ Updated tutorials on "App Support" page [http://www.gplexdb.com/azul.html]
We strive for 100% customer satisfaction -- if you ever have issues email us: azulipad@gplexdb.com

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Last changed:

Oct 30, 2012

Category:

Travel

Developer:

Gplex

Version:

3.9

Average Rating:

4.50 (32)

Size:

30.6 MB

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