QMplayer for BlackBerry PlayBook

If you go into App World and search for QMplayer, you find a free app. It is free, but it is really a free trial. Which is good, for at least you get to try it. Unlike Remote Media Player or AutoPlay Video, which are more like skins for the native video player, this seems to be a video player itself.

It has some interesting features, like swiping to change volume, fast forward, reverse, video playback speed, or audio playback speed. It plays more types of video, though during my free trail phase, I didn't have a chance to test what files it could play.

Not sure if QMplayer has anything to do with Mplayer. Not even sure what Mplayer is.

But it has a free trial period, I forgot how long. Try it out, see if you like it. If you do, buy it. I didn't,  as I like Remote Media Player better. More choices are better.

AutoPlay Videos in App World

More video players are appearing in App World for the BlackBerry PlayBook. "AutoPlay Videos", from Bumblebee Computing, is $0.99 US for a "limited time" only. How limited they don't say. I don't think this is a true video player, because like "Remote Media Player ", it uses the native video player. They both play whatever the native video player plays - no more, no less.

What "AutoPlay Videos " does is play videos one after the other. You make a list of videos to play and it plays them in the order you set. It may be good for long trips with the kids in the back seat or for presentations. I have no need for this feature, but someone else may. 

It also has a search function. Which will come in handy if you have hundreds of videos. As I have the 16GB model, it doesn't hold too many video. A 20 minute cartoon, transcoded into a mkv format will be maybe 60 MB. So you could get 17 episodes into 1 GB. Then 60 GB will hold over 1,000 episodes.  Search function will be needed. Alas, not for me. 

I have not tried this one, as it doesn't appeals to me, but others may like it. It also has resume play, always a good thing.