In this article, you will see some the best multimedia applications for iPad. There are plenty of applications which do this but it is important to choose the right apps for playing your favorite media files which may be in different formats.

Multimedia Streaming Software

Audiogalaxy Mobile

Play your PC-based music files on your mobile device everywhere you go, without the need to copy or upload the files as the Audiogalaxy Helper on your PC streams them to your mobile via the Internet connection.

VLC Streamer Free

Stream videos from your PC over an active Wi-Fi connection to your iPad, on which you can then watch almost all the video formats that VLC can play.

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Music Recognition: SoundHound

What’s that song? Tap the yellow button to identify music you hear playing, singing or humming, and in just a few seconds, SoundHound displays the song title, artist, album art, lyrics lookup and other details for you. It’s fast and intuitive.

Movie Resource: IMDb Movies & TV

Watch trailers, browse photos, find latest releases, explore popular charts, rate movies and share movie info from a huge resource of more than 1.5 million titles, and 3.2 million celebrities, actors and actresses, directors and crew members.

Music Video Catalog: VEVO HD

Search, watch and share your favorite music videos in a catalog containing 25,000 videos from more than 7,500 artists. You can also create playlists, explore music maps and stay in the know with your favorite artists via Twitter feeds.

Computer Piano: Virtuoso Piano Free 2 HD

Turn your device into a piano with good sound quality and learn the basics of music or just having fun. You can get two sets of piano keys, tap the arrows to move each keyboard by one key or one octave, adjust settings for volume, key labels, etc., but no tuning, recording or other advanced features in this free version.

Music Creation Software: Beatwave

Create your own music is easy and yet enjoyable using this app, with a standard 16 note sequence, four layers of recording space and other features including tone and tempo controls, beat visualizer, saving, loading and sharing tunes, etc. Sadly audio export is limited to the paid version.

Drum App: Drums XD FREE

A fabulous percussion drum app with fully customizable kits and sounds. You can arrange and tune pieces to your liking, select backgrounds, add effects, build playlists, share your session recordings and more. Ads supported in this free version.

Video Maker: Video Star

Make your own music video easily—select a song from your library and record video as the music plays. You can choose and edit a special video effect for recording and share your masterpiece with your friends on social network, but a small watermark is imposed on ending frames of exported videos.

Flip Book Animation: LED Studio HD Free

Make your own flip book animations easily using LED colors and multiple frames, with copy and paste, frame overlay, variable playback speed, save and load features.

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Remote Control: Remote

Turn your mobile device into a remote control unit to browse and play music and video files in your iTunes on your computer—once it’s set up, just sit back in a sofa and enjoy. This app also controls Apple TV.

Media Player: flex:player

Watch all your videos in multiple file formats including mp4, mov, m4v in HD quality, or avi, divx, xvid, vob and others in DV quality. You can transfer videos from your computer to your iPad using iTunes File Sharing via cable or Wi-Fi.

Radio Broadcasting: TuneIn Radio

Listen to local or worldwide ratio station streams on the web, find an extensive selection of local radio, music, talk, sports and podcasts from over 50,000 stations, and preset your favorite channels at ease.

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