Best way to watch Toku on iPad?
 

I got the New iPad recently, it's been something I've been eyeing for a while now. It's been a gem of a device so far and I can see myself using my laptop less and less.

The only stumbling block is playing Toku video files like Over-time's Kamen Rider and Super Sentai encodes. Most of these encodes are in the MKV format which the iPad does not support. The best solution I have right now is converting them using HandBrake (I'm using Mac OS X) but that takes quite a while to convert everything and it's been crashing occasionally.

I've heard using AVPlayer HD is a good way to play MKV files without converting, but I hesitate to spend the $2.99 required until I get assurance that it'll be really worth it. What do the iPad owners here use? Thanks!

Well, I'd just check up on JEFusion for the latest videos that have been posted. You should be able to make it work with Wi-Fi. If you have a Facebook account, chances are you can watch Kamen Rider on Facebook via Henshin Fever. If you don't you probably still could manage to use his/her resources.

Don't got an Ipad, but I do have an Ipod Touch.

You can convert video files for free using Videorea

Av player is brilliant. I've been using it for ages... But with tv-nihon subs as I download a batch and throw an entire series on to my iPad. I think I've put over-time on it before and for some reason some of actual subtitles didn't appear, same happened with the tiger and bunnie subs I got recently too...no idea why.

But yeah it's great for tv-n and if you want to watch movies without converting them =]

I'm currently using AVPlayer too, it works for some subs but is poor for others. It renders Over-Time's Go-busters rather poorly due to outdated codecs and other subs don't play well when you have two lines displayed at the same time (such as when two people talk).

Overall, it is rather sad that I have to convert everything to hardcode the subs and end up with two copies of each file. It's really taking up a lot of space. AVPlayer has potential though, and I hope it is tweaked further in the future.

Here is my method: I store all my movie files on my home computer's HD, then I use an app call "StreamToMe" on the home WiFi network. it decodes almost anything, and has sub capability, it pre-buffers so there are no lagging at all, that's how I watch EVERYTHING.

That sounds pretty similar to "Air Video" an app that I was looking into purchasing. Does StreamToMe play Over-Time's Go-busters well? This one's particularly annoying, you can see garish purple blotches in the first episode.

Yeah, it plays MKV files, but I just stick with the SD version, it's almost as good as HD and it takes up a lot less room. I've tried AirVideo, I find StreamToMe to be superior.

Great Scott, you're right about the SD versions! Why did I never bother to check? The video is only slightly inferior and is much more space efficient. Thanks so much!

I might have to try StreamToMe soon, too.