The Latest ZumoCast Makes Watching Movies Away From Home Even More Enjoyable
November 15, 2010
Zecter's latest version of ZumoCast adds some convenience and tidying up tweaks, but primarily adds a feature that users tend to immediately look for in video streaming apps.
While watching movies and general videos on your iPad can be a good experience, most users like the option to watch them as they were intended, on a television. ZumoCast now offers video out functionality when used on an iPad or iPhone 4. Get one of Apple's dock connector to video cables, connect your iDevice to your TV, launch ZumoCast, pick a video, and enjoy.
Settings can now be modified within the app, however, they are still located under the ZumoCast section of the iOS Settings app. Other improvements of ZumoCast v1.2 include:
• Better Music Sorting
• Music De-Duplication
• Several UI orientation bug fixes
• Several other bug fixes
ZumoCast is a service designed to allow you to quickly and easily stream almost any type of content from your Mac or Windows-based computer to your iPhone or iPad. ZumoCast not only allows you to instantly view all of your content, but you can also download it to your device, which is saved in an iOS friendly format, giving you the ability to experience your music, videos or documents while away from a Wi-Fi or 3G connection.
Video formats supported include: DivX (divx), Flash MP4 Video (f4v), Quicktime HD Movie (hdmov), MPEG-2 Program Stream File (m2p), Matroska (mkv), AVCHD Video (mts), Material Exchange Format (mxf), Ogg Media File (ogm, ogv, ogx), SMIL Presentation File (smil), Video Transport Stream (ts), ASF (asf, asx), 3GPP (3gp, 3g2, 3gp2, 3gpp, 3p2), AVI (avi), Flash Video (flv), MP4 (m4v, mp4), QuickTime Movie (mov), MPEG Movie (mpeg, mpg), Real Media (rm, rmvb), DVD Rip (vob, iso), and Windows Media (wmv)
The iOS client for ZumoCast is a universal app compatible with iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Using the service requires the installation of the ZumoCast server software for Mac OS X or Windows and registration of a ZumoCast account. You can access content via a web interface as well. Both apps and account are free. You can read the terms of service here before signing up for an account.
