2013-05-21, 16:25
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2013-05-21, 18:39
ipa files are files that are from the app store. Files (and XBMC) that are served through jailbreak are usually .deb files. No ipa of XBMC would be available.
2013-05-21, 22:54
XBMC still requires a jailbroken environment to properly run.
While I still prefer XBMC, if you can't jailbreak, look at nPlayer on the iOS App Store. It remuxes content on-the-fly in order to use h.264 hardware decoding in other file containers (MKV, AVI, etc).
I don't know if it does the same amount of hardware decoding, but FireCore also has an iOS App Store app that uses metadata (covers, summaries, etc).
Of course, those are paid apps (a fair price, but still paid).
Look up jailbreaking a little bit more and you'll see it's very easy and not scary at all. At any time you can always restore to a non-jailbroken state. It's all software, so not even Apple can tell if your device was once jailbroken (I've had Apple replace a jailbroken iPod touch, once). It won't damage the hardware, and by itself it won't make anything less stable (what you install after you jailbreak might cause issues, but XBMC won't cause problems).
While I still prefer XBMC, if you can't jailbreak, look at nPlayer on the iOS App Store. It remuxes content on-the-fly in order to use h.264 hardware decoding in other file containers (MKV, AVI, etc).
I don't know if it does the same amount of hardware decoding, but FireCore also has an iOS App Store app that uses metadata (covers, summaries, etc).
Of course, those are paid apps (a fair price, but still paid).
Look up jailbreaking a little bit more and you'll see it's very easy and not scary at all. At any time you can always restore to a non-jailbroken state. It's all software, so not even Apple can tell if your device was once jailbroken (I've had Apple replace a jailbroken iPod touch, once). It won't damage the hardware, and by itself it won't make anything less stable (what you install after you jailbreak might cause issues, but XBMC won't cause problems).
