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iPad as a photo/video storage device?

I'd love to replace my netbook with an iPad for travel. I use the netbook for internet access and for storage of data from my camera. I know I can transfer images to an iPad via the camera connection kit. However, my camera also takes video in a wacky AVCHD format. I know there's no way to view this sort of unprocessed video on an iPad. However, is there a way to copy the file structure from the camera ? AVCHD, at least on my Panasonic GH1, uses a series of subfolders.

Is there a way to copy this data to an iPad via, I presume, the camera connector, and then sync it intact to a MAC?

MAC Pro, C2MBP, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Jun 26, 2010 8:38 PM

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User profile for user: lllaass
lllaass
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Jun 27, 2010 3:27 AM in response to Stephen Jacobs4

The camera connection kit will only download phot and video files under the following conditions:

- The files must be one of the photo or video file formats supported by the iPad. Examples are .jpg and .mp4. But be careful with video formats since there is more involved that the ",mp4". For example frame rate and audio formate have to be compatible too.

- The files have to be in a "DCIM" folder in the root director of the device.
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User profile for user: Stephen Jacobs4
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Jun 27, 2010 6:06 AM in response to lllaass

I appreciate the comments up to now.

I've seen apps that seem to allow the iPad to act as a hard disk, allowing movement of files between the iPad and MAC. Is there anything that can do this via the camera connector? I could backup files from the camera to the iPad and then from the iPad to my MAC.

I know I couldn't view the videos on the iPad, but I can't on the netbook either.
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User profile for user: DrDousa
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Aug 3, 2010 5:48 AM in response to Stephen Jacobs4

Apart from format compatability you may also want to consider resource management while on the road. It was only via a tip of a developer that I learned how to remove video's directly on the iPad (choose cover mode, keep the finger on the video you want to remove until a delete cross appears). For Photos the filemanagement is still very primitive, though. On the iPad you cannot delete events or albums at once, and if you've synced them with iTunes you cannot remove them at all. In short, you have to consider rather carefully beforehand how much space you will need for your data vault.
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