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vob is supported. Media displayed by VLC is stored in its appropriate application document folder :) Felix, Thanks for the advice. I was able to get to VOB file over to /var/mobile/Applications/5C503167-C0F1-478F-9CFF-9BF1F13EABB1/Documents Now, when I open the "official" Apple App Store ...

I did try it out: I copied a video (VOB format) to /var/mobile/Media, as well as to /var/mobile/Media/iTunes_Control, however, when I open up the official VLC app, it reports: "Empty Media Library For Playback, use iTunes to synchronize files, check the VLC menu for available options or ask ano...

I'm assuming you don't endorse jailbroken devices because people on jailbroken devices can pirate applications. I respect that but assure you that I do not pirate applications - I jailbreak for the freedom to do more with my device than Apple permits with stock applications. As an example, with the ...

I see that if I get the VLC player at the Apple App Store, it installs 2.1.3 which I assume is the most current version. Unfortunately, for my needs I need to use the version that is available in the Cydia Store. I tried copying the latest IOS binary directly to the device (after uncompressing the I...

Clicking on "About" doesn't give a version number. This is what it reports:

I'll be able to check around 4:30 P.M. (NYC Time). From within the iPad app, where can I find the version number?

I'm using the version that is available via Cydia—The store for Jailbroken iPads. This one will play and video that I get over to /var/mobile/media. I've always used this version and will update if an update is available. I'm assuming that this is the latest version. I don't have my iPad with me at ...

My iPad (iPad 4 wifi + AT&T 4G 64 GIG IOS 7.0.4) is jailbroken. I use the free VLC player that is a available in the Cydia store. The problem is that when playing movies with VLC (usually VOB files) the iPad doesn't know that VLC is running. My auto-lock is set to 5 minutes. When playing movies ...