DO NOT buy an ipad

[djd99]

flash media/Skyfire

You can actually download, transfer, and watch the pro stroke videos on an iPad or iPhone. The recently released app VLC Media Player will play .mov files that have been transferred to the device.

1) Download the .mov file to your computer using Quicktime Pro (as detailed by JY's helpful tutorial).

2) Connect your idevice to your computer, open up iTunes, go to the Apps tab, scroll to the File Sharing Section, and select the VLC app, click the Add button, find/select the videos downloaded on your computer that you desire to watch on your idevice. (these same instructions also appear in the VLC app on your idevice).

Obviously it would be preferable to be able to view the Tennisplayer.net website in all its glory directly on the iPad, but this solution will at least allow iPad users to utilize some of the resources (with some advanced planning). There is also a third-party browser app awaiting approval from the Appstore that will supposedly convert Flash content to HTML5 content -- making such content directly viewable (hopefully) on the idevice.

does the skyfire app for the ipod touch enable one to view tennisplayer.net's video content natively (HD and High FPS content, also?) or is the above QT 7 Pro workaround still the best solution? thanks.

[giancarlo]

Video Technology // Another thing I wanted to tell you...

With the launch of the new Mac store almost two weeks ago, there seems to be a new place for getting your one stop shopping for all things Mac. I briefly toured the store and found this little gem--Swing It. A golf swing analysis tool. There are three versions, but the one to take a look at is the pro version for $149--not cheap, but less expensive than Dartfish or any other comparable software. You can download the free full demo version and explore it for yourself. Some of the features don't apply to tennis, but if you like to draw and highlight on top of a movie, that and many more features are available. I hope these guys will develop a tennis version that works with the iPad--that would be interesting.

Here is the link:

http://web.me.com/golfig/Swing_it/Home.html

Cheers,
gc

[giancarlo]

Update Skyfire App to view QuickTime videos

Just updated my iPhone with the latest update for the Skyfire App. You can now view all QuickTime movies on tennisplayer.net.


Cheer,
Giancarlo

[mmurp05]

H.264 conversion

From Steve Jobs response to the Apple/Adobe issue:

To achieve long battery life when playing video, mobile devices must decode the video in hardware; decoding it in software uses too much power. Many of the chips used in modern mobile devices contain a decoder called H.264 – an industry standard that is used in every Blu-ray DVD player and has been adopted by Apple, Google (YouTube), Vimeo, Netflix and many other companies.

Although Flash has recently added support for H.264, the video on almost all Flash websites currently requires an older generation decoder that is not implemented in mobile chips and must be run in software. The difference is striking: on an iPhone, for example, H.264 videos play for up to 10 hours, while videos decoded in software play for less than 5 hours before the battery is fully drained.

When websites re-encode their videos using H.264, they can offer them without using Flash at all. They play perfectly in browsers like Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome without any plugins whatsoever, and look great on iPhones, iPods and iPads.

[johnyandell]

Yeah that's the claim. We are looking into what it would take to reincode. The new format may be better, but we did 65,000 video clips in Mr.Jobs state of the art software at the time. Think he should give people the option of continuing to see them. And the Flash thing, well in my view, that's using your hardware leverage for business advantage as opposed to creating the most versatile and valuable tools possible. And yeah, it might be crazy to expect that...

[mmurp05]

I agree

John,

I agree and am disappointed as well. Thank you for your efforts.

[johnyandell]

Eventually I think the mobile world will be better!

[johnyandell]

Would some of you ipad and iphone guys download the apple app iswifter and let us know whether it might solve some of the file viewing probs??

Heard that it would but don't have an ipad, so...

[julian1]

Flash vs html5

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204358004577027923205009352.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews

Basically Adobe gave in

Installing flash on ipad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=933NcE_X_t0

I am NOT sure whether it was discussed before

[sperlsco]

Would some of you ipad and iphone guys download the apple app iswifter and let us know whether it might solve some of the file viewing probs??

Heard that it would but don't have an ipad, so...

iSwifter does not work for me (i.e. does not display the videos -- neither high-speed or older ones).

[johnyandell]

Thanks. Yep. Tried it on a friend's same result. But we will solve this problem one way or another, sooner or later.

[julian1]

Iphone?

iSwifter does not work for me (i.e. does not display the videos -- neither high-speed or older ones).

Is the same true for every iphone?

[johnyandell]

Yes unfortunately...

[julian1]

Do we have any computer experts here?

Yes unfortunately...

Hi,
I was able to see/watch a small video of Soderling from youtube
on my Blackberry.
Is it possible to get some understanding about problems
with iphone and ipad.

It is NOT biggy,I was waiting with this question for a year
so I can wait longer

[johnyandell]

It's explained above in the link.