Feature Requests

Admin wrote:Client forgetting the password is a bug which should be fixed in next update (has already been submitted for review)

Thank you - I look forward to the next release.

regards

Alan

Today I discovered Air Video. I'm surprised this App doesn't belong to the Appstore top-25... In 1 word: GREAT!

I would be very happy with 1 extra conversion format: vob files!! So I can also play DVD (Video_ts) files! OK, iso files would be nice too, but vob files would make me very happy

Hi,

the problem with vob files is that they are often split to multiple files. We can't support that. That's why Air Video doesn't recognize vob files. If your vob file is in one piece and you rename it to mpg it will play. As long as it's not still on DVD (because DVDs are encrypted).

Admin wrote:If your vob file is in one piece and you rename it to mpg it will play.

Related topic: here

Dear all

you made me crazy with all the postings. Everytime i found some feature request, somebody posted it somewhere. I've got my wishes too, but am too tired now to put them into the forum: in the meanwhile i got a collection of features requested throughout this topic. It might help. Some are already solved, other were requested differently, but basically were meaning the same thing. Some I completely didn't understand. However, I hope this helps.

I am sorry if I didn't get someones request: it wasn't on purpose. I also picked the ones, that sound completely nonsense to me. I hope it helps all that follow. I tried to categorize, but it became more and more difficult, as some features might not be best solved on clientside or viceversa. The list is not sorted very well, as some requests impact eachother. but hey, nobody is perfect and it was a goodwill job. Where I found a developer statement, i tried to insert it as well.

requested client features:
- client shall remember lasst screen gui, meaning start air video client where you left it (announced)
- client shall provide bookmarking of favorites (announced)
- client shall provide a search video function (tricky one)
- client shall allow to boost the volume of a video (announced)
- client shall provide audio only without providing the movie (dismissed, no real need)
- client shall be able to delete files on source (dismissed, security issue)
- client shall provide basic file management [cut, copy, move] (dismissed, security issue)
- client shall provide fast forward, rewind functions (open)
- client shall provide [realtime?] image adjust (open)
- client shall provide video bitrate at seek screen (uncertain)
- client shall be able to shutdown server remotely (open)
- client shall be able to sleep server remotely (open)
- client shall be able to wake server remotely (open)
- client shall load server automatically if only one server is available by skipping server selection
- client shall allow alphabetic scroll listing [like in the default iphone contacts app]
- client shall provide coverflow ability when browsing files
- client shall display last modification date of the file
- client shall provide hidden GUI controls while playing a video for stepping forward, pause, backwards
- client shall allow to send multiple files to conversion queue
- client shall provide a sorting list within folders [name, date, file size, type]
- client shall display a buffer bar [to show stream precedence towards current play] (done)
- client shall be made available for various platforms [win, osx, lin] (open)
- client shall provide portrait and landscape videoplay
- client shall provide history, much like web browsers
- client shall mark watched / unwatched movies as such

requested server features:
- server shall provide GPU, instead of CPU driven conversion (open)
- server shall provide offline encoding option to start conversion without client (open)
- server shall allow conversion of .vob files (partly supported, officially unsupported)
- server shall allow multiple simultaneous audiostream conversion (open)
- server shall provide ability to stream music (open)
- server shall provide ability to stream photos (open)
- server shall allow to stream i-net flash movies (open)
- server shall provide user maintenance / role creation and management (details to follow)
- server shall offer interface to convert files without client (drag'n'drop, browse)
- server shall display connections and usage statistics [which user, which file, period, datacount]

requested generic features:
- generic: ability to define which frame of the movie is used as a thumbnail (open)
- generic: ability to define [upload? iphone gallery?] a cover for the movie as a thumbnail (open)
- generic: ability to define a default server, which is instantly loaded at client start
- generic: ability to define output folder for conversion
- generic: ability to create a movie library with e.g. imdb connection to tag the files
- generic: ability to define forward / rewind jumps in seconds (if not offered realtime)
- generic: ability to adjust bitrate dynamically based on network conditions
- generic: ability to sort the conversion queue
- generic: ability to download converted movies to the iphone remotely (WiFi)
- generic: ability to lock selected files / directories with a password
- generic: ability for psp conversion output
- generic: multithreading is requested to convert multiple movies simultaneously [2cpu and above]
- generic: ability to schedule conversions
- generic: ability to tag files manually
- generic: provide a view, which displays only converted files

requested performance features:
- performance: folder listing sometimes reacts slowly with various seconds of delay
- performance: allow to set low, mid, high priority for conversion process
- performance: do not limit the log. use all HDD if necessary
- performance: support of transport stream
- performance: ability to limit bandwith [server, user]

requested os specific feature
- OS: ability to deactivate icon on menubar OSX

My request to the developers: Please create a separate board for the features, maybe offering a single thread per feature, this would be a great benefit for everyone, as well as easy browseable.

That said, I'm just a fan and love the app. Definitely worth buying, the enjoy-per-cash ratio is outstanding and it's easy to use and maintain. Pure fun. 5 ***** on appstore incl. review from my side. The list above is provided in the first place, because things i bugged you guys for in the review were already on its way.

Cheers, Adre

A version of the server complied to run on the QNAP NAS?
Long shot I know...
Thanks & Cheers
Steve

hi there, maybe an idea about an available movie library on iphone: http://mediaplayersite.com/iSkin - obviously its intended for other purposes, but would cover a couple of requested features for an already almost perfect product. Has to be generated offline, but who cares, if it looks good on the iphone

the setup however, is not really userfriendly, but as a suggestion worth a look.

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Could you include a 'donations' button on the website? I was willing to pay much more than the £2 or whatever the app was; I would happily £20 to support the development of new features. AirVideo is partly the reason I use the iPhone!!!

Out of interest would it take a lot of effort to port it to use GPU acceleration? Or could this be achieved in several months?

illy123 wrote:Could you include a 'donations' button on the website? I was willing to pay much more than the £2 or whatever the app was; I would happily £20 to support the development of new features. AirVideo is partly the reason I use the iPhone!!!

Out of interest would it take a lot of effort to port it to use GPU acceleration? Or could this be achieved in several months?

We'll think about the donations button

Video encoding is done through the libx264 library. The library itself would have to be modified to allow GPU acceleration. I'm not aware of any plans for including GPU acceleration. Also the existing GPU encoders usually cause artifacts in encoded video and the performance is often the same as libx264 software encoding. (Libx264 is probably the fastest software encoder out there).

"- client shall provide audio only without providing the movie (dismissed, no real need)"
I would really like this feature for when i only listen to the videos I stream. I would also like to be able to decide how much of the available bandwidth used for audio and video respectively.

Actually i bought this program in believe that i could simply transfer divx/avi movies to the phone and play them locally.
So my wish-list would be to have a functionality that simply lets me transfer a file to the phone (perhaps in the way "Air sharing" works.
And be able to play the movies on the phone. I don't even mind if you can send through Air Video as long as i can play them.
I usually FTP to my phone and send files

So in short:
- Possibility to play movie files (divx/xvid etc) from local disk(memory).

Admin wrote:Hi,

the problem with vob files is that they are often split to multiple files. We can't support that. That's why Air Video doesn't recognize vob files. If your vob file is in one piece and you rename it to mpg it will play. As long as it's not still on DVD (because DVDs are encrypted).

VOB files may be split to multiple files but can be played individually, so I don't understand your explanation. I do it with Orblive, wmp and nero showtime. Orblive even plays next vob file automatically, so you can watch the entire movie. Obviously, VOB file support is one of the most requested feature, so perhaps, is worth the consideration. Reading through posts here, VOB support would definately make a lot of people happy.

Airvideo is a great software, far better picture quality then Orblive I'm currently using. Unfortunately, most of my files are in ripped dvd format stored in WHS system, one of two reason why I haven't purchased airvideo yet. Another reason is airvideo's inability to run as a service, an important feature since my WHS is a headless server.

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just discovered air video. great product.
there are a couple of ui suggestions that i would like to make.

1. when you have the list of files to play, it would be nice to have the option of clicking on a play button in the file name to instantly start it playing with live conversion. otherwise you click on the rest of the files name to see the "play", "play with live conversion", "convert", "etc"; settings. this would greatly speed up playing lots of files (like when i'm playing music videos).

2. when i click "play with live conversion" i'm not sure why it asks me to "play from the beginning" or "cancel". surely it should just play from the beginning without asking?

overall its a great product and i was happy to pay for it.

Hi,

if you play the file again (not with TV out though) there will be another option to resume from last position.

Admin wrote:Hi,

if you play the file again (not with TV out though) there will be another option to resume from last position.

then is there a way to get a setting added to the application so that you can switch it to always 'play from beginning'?

also that would work for the 'quick play' feature. if you could set that it defaulted to 'play with live conversion' when you click on the name of a file. so all the extra steps are cut out.