I just wanted to get a few recommendations, without trawling through the really long thread!!! I just want apps that i can install on a normal iPad3. I am not interested in (atm anyway) jailbreaking and related apps.
1) Video Player. I want to be able to play mkv files, either transferred to the iPad or streamed at full video quality. I have heard of AVPlayerHD but I would like to understand how it works, before buying it. Also I would be happy with an app that allows me to remux an mkv file and then I could transfer the output file via iTunes. As I understand it most mkv files have x264 video that the iPad would support, just in an mp4 container. remux (I have done it before for my PS3) normally takes a few minutes, which I could tolerate. I have a Plex Media Server, but the official Plex app just transcodes stuff, it is jerky and definitely not full video quality.
2) RDP/VNC. I want something that natively supports VNC and RDP protocols. I don't want to be installing little bits of software on each machine I use. I had always heard of Splashtop and seen recommendations for it, so was disappointed when I realised you need to install some software on the machine you want to remote control. On the RDP side at the least I want something that can send a CTRL+ALT+DEL in a single press as well as clipboard between iPad and remote machine. With VNC clipboard would be nice, but not essential.
3) Torrent webUI - This is an option on uTorrent that enables you to view the current running torrents remotely (via http on the LAN and with a forwarded port over internet). It works in the standard web browser but the layout is a bit crappy and not formatted well. On my android phone there were various apps that showed a much neater view (Transdroid is an example) so looking for something similar. Basically an app instead of a standard web page view.
rp2000
1) Video Player. I want to be able to play mkv files, either transferred to the iPad or streamed at full video quality. I have heard of AVPlayerHD but I would like to understand how it works, before buying it. Also I would be happy with an app that allows me to remux an mkv file and then I could transfer the output file via iTunes. As I understand it most mkv files have x264 video that the iPad would support, just in an mp4 container. remux (I have done it before for my PS3) normally takes a few minutes, which I could tolerate. I have a Plex Media Server, but the official Plex app just transcodes stuff, it is jerky and definitely not full video quality.
2) RDP/VNC. I want something that natively supports VNC and RDP protocols. I don't want to be installing little bits of software on each machine I use. I had always heard of Splashtop and seen recommendations for it, so was disappointed when I realised you need to install some software on the machine you want to remote control. On the RDP side at the least I want something that can send a CTRL+ALT+DEL in a single press as well as clipboard between iPad and remote machine. With VNC clipboard would be nice, but not essential.
3) Torrent webUI - This is an option on uTorrent that enables you to view the current running torrents remotely (via http on the LAN and with a forwarded port over internet). It works in the standard web browser but the layout is a bit crappy and not formatted well. On my android phone there were various apps that showed a much neater view (Transdroid is an example) so looking for something similar. Basically an app instead of a standard web page view.
rp2000