I have a number of mkv, xvid, ogg and avi files and have looked far and wide for a good player to run on my iPad. I have pretty much tried all or the more populars one and find that each of them have their quirks. For example, I have one file that Azul would just crash on while GoodPlayer would play at an extremely low frame rate. I have another file where audio seems to be out of sync with video with one of the other player. VLC player which unfortunately got remove (though I got it before it was removed) was best but no good to me if I cannot get updates. Overall, I found Falcon Player to be the best all rounded player and had successfully play all my files with the highest frame rate I can find which is even more evident when you do Airplay to your TV. The downside was it could not play a AVHCD file at a decent frame rate which is super high resolution I had though from my camcorder. Neither could the other players though.

Originally Posted by yusufjee

So no one has tried flexlayer which is a FREE application and plays everything smooth except mkv which stutters.

Also is there a way of increasing volume in these applications? Some of the videos i watchi have low volume and its hard to hear without complete silence. I am wondering which of the applications mentioned in this thread has setting to increase/gain the playback volume

You can try Oplayer HD, works pretty well

cid

On my side, I use 8player and it plays every file I have on my Synology DS210+ locally or outside my local network, Wifi or 3G. I just love it.

Does it play the file without first copying it to your ipad?

Yes it does and almost instantly.

Tried oplayer but found it copies the avi file to its documents folder. I am now running out of space.

I was talking about 8player, not oplayer.

Tried 8player but I am unable to see the media already present on my ipad. How does it work. There is a Youtube video that shows it working with some 'servers'. But i just want it to play files stored on my ipad. Or on a flash drive. Have connected one and I am able to see media through ifiles but how to get 8player to open those files?

Sorry, that I did not try. I avoid keeping video files on my iPad, which takes space and as I have a NAS to stream from.

I use this player for iPhone
PlayerXtreme for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad on the iTunes App Store

they also have iPad version
PlayerXtreme - IT PLAYS ALL for iPad on the iTunes App Store

I think this is the best player so far, It played HD 720 movie format flawlessly for me. It has got plenty of other options, like live network streaming and playback, Library management etc.