Getting iPad to loop or repeat a video

So, my company just purchased an iPad and we are wanting to use it to loop a nice video at trade shows. As of now, we need to keep hitting the play button after the video plays once through. Wondering if there is a work around anyone knows of where we get the video to loop or repeat consecutively.

Posted on May 21, 2010 4:12 PM

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Posted on Jun 28, 2011 1:40 PM

To loop videos get LoopyLoopy, it's free. For a while I've been using Video Loop Presenter and had problems getting both an iPad 1 and iPad 2 to see the videos. With Video Loop Presenter you need to use a utility called iPhone Explorer to copy videos to the camera roll. If it's not in the camera roll it won't be recognized. It worked ok for 1 video, then weird things would happen. It wouldn't recognize all 6 videos I have, just selected ones. Truly flaky behavior. With LoopyLoopy the interface is set up through iTunes to implicitly recognize videos you want it to play. To do this you have to use the File Sharing feature in iTunes. Here are the directions:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4094

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Oct 12, 2015 4:36 AM in response to ibbjamin

Hello Guys,

WHat I am going to tell worked for me, you guys can try and check as well


1. Play a video in picture in picture mode.

2. Lock the iPad (the video will pause)

3. Press the home button, do not unlock yet

4. Play the video while you are the lock screen.

5. Now your video should loop by itself.


Try it with a small video file first.


Thanks and have fun guys

Muhammad

Nov 14, 2016 4:19 PM in response to ibbjamin

I just downloaded a simple, free app called Loop Video. You tap, add the video you want to loop, click "Use" to make the menu stuff go away, and voila.


The only trick is that the video needs to be in your Photos library on your device. There are tricks to get it there, but I found the simplest was to open the iPad settings in iTunes, click on Photos in the left menu and make sure the "Include videos" box is checked under "Sync Photos." I put the video in its own folder in my Pictures folder and made sure that folder was checked to be included in the sync (since I sync only selected folders). Hope this helps someone.

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