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It's also in the process of introducing h265 encoding which is relevant as recent iPads play h265 as a native codec with ios11. You'll see lots of recommendations for encoders and people will swear x is better than y but, through that all, handbrake has always held up and hasn't gone away. I don't know what's an acceptable clarity to you or what's an acceptable file size. 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. Sorry to sound harsh but you get such better and quicker advice if you set up your question to help the audience and avoid guessing. I can only guess you mean WALTR? And I've no idea what it's ipad air 2 profile settings are. Again, it would really help when looking for advice if you assume we don't know anything you're using because that's usually the case. I've no idea what video converter you're using. Again, it's worth finding your own experience of it.

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Maybe they said it does software DEcoding as opposed to hardware decoding, which would use your battery faster in many cases, yes, but not all. Maybe they're right, maybe they're not, but I'd suggest trying it and finding out for yourself as VLC was made for this kind of thing (playing any video type without converting).

I've no experience with using VLC on an iPad, just macs and Windows. You can also do this independently with Airdrop or Dropbox, etc. Some apps combine this as a feature (VLC) or combine it with transcoding (which is converting the file as they stream it the iPad, but they don't store it on the iPad). This doesn't tackle the issue of transferring the files to your iPad, which is a separate issue.

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. 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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