Originally Posted by Rizzler78: “Got myself a shiny new Ipad the other day and wouldnt mind putting some films i have downloaded on to the Ipad. What is the best way to do this?”
Have you downloaded in an iPad compatible format? I generally use my own DVDs and DVD->iPad convertor software.
If so just use iTunes to transfer the video to the iPad.
Originally Posted by Rizzler78: “Got myself a shiny new Ipad the other day and wouldnt mind putting some films i have downloaded on to the Ipad. What is the best way to do this?
Cheers”
iTunes-friendly videos (e.g. *.mp4): Use iTunes to transfer them (just add to your library and sync them), and use the Videos app to play them. You can also stream them from your computer to your iPad via iTunes Home Sharing (iTunes streams them, the Videos app plays them).
iTunes-unfriendly videos (e.g. *.avi, *.mkv): Get something like AVPlayerHD, which will play a variety of formats the iPad does not natively support. You can transfer the files using iTunes (add them to the app during a Sync), or can transfer over WiFi via FTP. You can also stream iTunes-unfriendly videos by using e.g. PS3MediaServer or TVersity on your computer to do the streaming, and AirPlayer as the client on the iPad.
Thanks for the advice, I was messing about there with Air Video and VLC streamer but it wouldn't recognise quite a few of my movies when I tried to add them. Gonna take a look at Handbrake.
IMO, AirPlayer is better than AirVideo for streaming, purely because you don't need to use dedicated separate streaming software for it - you can just use PS3Media Server or TVersity etc., just as you would for streaming to an Xbox or PS3 etc.
For playing videos copied to the device, AVPlayerHD should handle anything you throw at it, including Xvid, mkv, etc.
Handbrake is great for converting videos to an iTunes-friendly format, but of course you have to spend the time converting things.
Just got an iPad myself buddy, and I found AVPLAYERHD is brilliant. You simply load the app, and then when you link the iPad to iTunes, you load the movie file into the app and that's that! No converting etc.
Originally Posted by dreamfish: “Just got an iPad myself buddy, and I found AVPLAYERHD is brilliant. You simply load the app, and then when you link the iPad to iTunes, you load the movie file into the app and that's that! No converting etc.”
I will try AVPLAYERHD later, i downloaded both Air Video and VLC Streamer and they were able to recognise my movie library from my laptop but they wouldnt play quite a few of them.
Hi, having read the comments above, I just wanted to confirm what I think I'm understanding! I have successfully transferred a movie by converting using Handbrake, then placing it in itunes to sync - although this worked, it was time consuming. So, my question is, if I download the AVPlayerHD, do I then just connect iPad to PC and drag the .avi movie to that app - movie ready to play, despite not being MP4?
Originally Posted by Kent1975: “Hi, having read the comments above, I just wanted to confirm what I think I'm understanding! I have successfully transferred a movie by converting using Handbrake, then placing it in itunes to sync - although this worked, it was time consuming. So, my question is, if I download the AVPlayerHD, do I then just connect iPad to PC and drag the .avi movie to that app - movie ready to play, despite not being MP4?”
Yes. AVPlayerHD should play pretty much anything you throw at it - .mp4, .mkv, .avi, etc. It is not limited to "iTunes friendly" videos like the native Videos app is.
You can add files to it via an iTunes sync, selecting it in the Apps tab in iTunes.
Or you can add files to it over WiFi, using FTP via the app itself.
Originally Posted by Matt D: “Yes. AVPlayerHD should play pretty much anything you throw at it - .mp4, .mkv, .avi, etc. It is not limited to "iTunes friendly" videos like the native Videos app is.
You can add files to it via an iTunes sync, selecting it in the Apps tab in iTunes.
Or you can add files to it over WiFi, using FTP via the app itself.”
Thank you, will download that app now, think I understand the sync bit so will give that a try, but FTP??! As I said before, so much to learn!