Is there a way to play .mkv or .avi on iPhone?

[jdys_1991]

Hi
Is there a way to play .mkv or .avi files directly on the iPhone 3G?

I know, converting it into m4v or mp4 works, but i'm just curious.
Would be pretty cool. I know you cant sync them using iTunes, but you could just ssh into it and just copy and paste it into the phone, but is there a program to actually play them then?

Thanks guyz!

Anyone please...

[soulthoughts]

VLC will play avi and I think mkv files. But last I checked playback was choppy. Google zottd, he was the one working on a port to the iphone.

[reeko]

I can confirm that the .avi playback is unwatchably awful

[jdys_1991]

lol thanks for the info guyz and thanks for confirming! :P

Looks like i need to convert them into m4v anyway...
Oh well.. AVS Video Converter takes time, but does a decent job to convert m-HD ripz into iPhone format
Anyway, thanks again guyz!

[DreDoggEm]

winavi mp4 converter is pretty fast. it can shrink the files down, so if you want more on your iphone, its cool. you can change settings also