But they won't use hardware acceleration and the battery life will probably be a bit less.

If you want to play without converting, you can use VLC or one or two others that have native codecs for MKV files. You will also get hardware acceleration which will usually improve battery life. I'm not familiar with all the video players for the iPad so somebody may correct me on this but I'm 95% sure that you're in a situation where, if you want to play an MKV file on the native iPad video player, it MUST be converted/transcoded. And earlier you said 'Conversion takes forever too', which suggests you were trying converting? Or if you meant that for VLC, it doesn't make much sense as VLC is designed to play without converting, like I mentioned. Without knowing all the details, I could be missing something but if you're playing an MKV on the native iPad video player then the MKV is definitely being converted. It's not in the case of VLC so if you're using it and seeing a conversion happening then you'll know something's wrong or happening unnecessarily (and will skew your idea of what's working well and what isn't).Ĭlick to expand. It's useful to be clear about what's doing the conversion (WALTR/the video player) or if a conversion is needed at all. WALTR states that it does media conversions. If you've no idea, you can start from there and figure out what's really happening. They don't convert from mkv to mkv so what's the source or output type of file if they're actually being converted, as you mention? This isn't meant as a pop-quiz of some sort. I think the reason that HDFan asked this is because you said you're working with mkv files and separately state there's a conversion happening. If you better understand what's actually happening and step through HDfan's questions you've a better chance of finding the ideal solution. The lack of converting is what made VLC famous originally. the iPad's native video player cannot play mkvs.Some facts, like these below, seem to contradict what you're suggesting is happening: I think you may be misunderstanding what's happening in various scenarios.

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