CineXPlayer Update Adds IMDB Integration and Mysterious ‘Screenager’ Mode
The new browser-based remote is ugly but effective.
CineXPlayer, the excellent, rock-solid, play-anything video player for iOS, had gotten yet another big update. Every time the app is bumped to a new version, I wonder what the developers will be able to add next time. And today’s answer is… Quite a lot.
First up is web integration. There was already a browser, but with the new “Screenager” mode you can turn the iPad to portrait format and the screen will split to show a browser in the bottom half. God knows why anyone but an ADD teen would use this, which accounts for the name I guess.
You can also pull up IMDB info from the player screen (handy for those “what was he in?” moments).
Then there’s the sharing. You can share a movie with another CineXPlayer user directly over Wi-Fi, and even stream movies to a browser on the same network. And you can now browse and remote-control the app from any other device.
This comes in addition to support for just about any movie format, direct playing from Dropbox, 3-D, Dolby Surround and new batch organizing features.
With most (ahem) torrent files coming in MP4 format these days, I have less use for CineXPlayer, but it’s still there on my iPad for emergencies. When everything else goes wrong, CineXPlayer will usually come through.
- Source cinexplayer.com
- Thanks Haley!
Charlie Sorrel sits in his gadget nerve-center in Barcelona, Spain, and spits out words about various weird plastic widgets while the sun shines outside his iCave. Previously found at Wired.com's Gadget Lab covering cameras, power cables and sneaking in as much Apple-centric coverage as he could, Charlie spends his rare moments outside perched atop a bicycle and snapping photos. You can follow him on Twitter via 
