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Only iPad Retina-model is capable of playing 1080p content. All others (Mini included) will have issues with playback of 1080p content. So if you only have 1080p content and you wanna play that on your iPad, you will have to invest time to convert. Handbrake, mkvMergeGui and Subtitle Edit will do th...

https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... le#p104820

I think this says enough.....

Great update team, just updated to v2.1.1 on iPad 2. Thanks for all improvements. It looks like the iPad 2 cannot convert and then play 1080p movies correctly. Picture is blurred, sound is off occasionally. It could be better on iPad 3 or 4, please comment on this, if you have one of those. The 720p...

And another one......
Synology DS411j (DSM 4.1) and DS413j (DSM 4.2)
It only showes the devices on the Local Network.
I can select them, but that's it.

Some good point : ftp function is nice !