Thanks, Neil -- useful info. Apple's really bad at letting people watch anything that hasn't been pre-digested through iTunes (preferably with a royalty paid to Apple). And as you say, other tablets claim to play HD video, but who knows what they mean by that? What resolution, what format, and so on and so on. That's why I'm hoping someone's actually found a system that works.
You'd think with all the 1080p video footage being shot these days on cheap little cameras that some tablet manufacturer would make it easy for people to plug an HD card in and view it. Mike Boom At 02:11 PM 1/14/2013, BEDFORD NEIL wrote: >My iPad 3 and 4 play back .MOV files from the Canon 5D fine, which are >1990X1080 30fps also. Not sure if there's a decent or easy way to convert >them to .MOV files easily out in the field though. >(Apple products only play back .MOV files, period.) > >Strangely, the rather lower powered Raspberry Pi will play back HD video >(probably due to the HD chip and not the paltry 1GHz processor), using the >X-Box media centre, trouble is you need a display. Is there a TV in the >cabin? > >Or, what about a portable TV with a decent resolution? They are somewhat >cheaper than a field monitor, but with an HDMI input, it should work from >the camera direct, or with one of those tiny media players maybe? > >Most tablets say they will play HD video, but I think that's after the >files have been converted, at the moment anyway. > >Neil. > >On 14 January 2013 21:07, Mike Boom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > Has anyone on the list had any luck viewing footage in the field on a > > tablet computer? I'm looking for something that will accept AVCHD > > files from my Canon XA10 and display them in the highest resolution > > possible on the screen. > > > > I used to haul a substantial laptop around with me with Premiere > > installed, but I'm often way out in the south Pacific with a very > > limited baggage allowance and would prefer something very light. I'm > > looking for: > > > > - a tablet computer with high enough resolution to show 1920x1080p video > > - an SD card slot or plug-in reader for the tablet that can read the > > big SDXC cards > > - an app for the tablet that will play back AVCHD video files > > - a tablet processor with enough oomph not to stutter with 30fps > > 1080p footage playback > > > > I have an iPad2 at home that accepts SD cards with a small accessory, > > but it will not read the .mts files that my camera shoots. Trying to > > import via iTunes is downright hostile. I tried the same with a > > friend's gen 3 iPad and was not able to play back files there either. > > > > No luck either with a Samsung Galaxy tab, but that was a while ago. > > > > Are the new crop of tablets any better for high-def video playback? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike Boom > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
