I have an iPad mini 5 64 gb wifi. I quickly run out of space when I download movies to watch for a long flight. I was wondering if it is possible to download the movies to my external SSD and watch them on my iPad with the camera connection kit?
iPad mini 5 Wi-Fi
You still have an iPad with a low power Lightning port.
If these are iTunes purchased and NOT “ripped” DVD/Blu-ray discs, then you COULD store these movies to an external drive, but they must be transferred to transferred back to the iPad and the TV App to be played by the iPad.
The camera connection kit WILL NOT WORK TO DO THIS, though.
SSDs need more power and to accomplish being able to work through the iPad's Lightning port you would need to purchase the actual, genuine Apple Lightning to USB-3 camera adapter, and external from Apple, and plug that adapter into power using your iPad charge cable and Apple power/charging block!
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MK0W2/lightning-to- usb-3-camera-adapter?fnode=3
You NEED TO PURCHASE THIS EXACT genuine Apple adapter!!
This is THE ONLY adapter that works!
Cheaper ( cheap in price and quality ) third party adapters WILL NOT WORK!!!!
With Lightning connector equipt iPads, you need this adapter as it has a power connection to power both the iPad and to connect a commonplace USB flash memory drive or portable SSD drive.
Without the additional power to the iPad, USB flash drives and portable SSD drives will NOT work with older iPads with the Lightning connector.
The Lightning connector alone cannot convey the necessary power requirements needed for normal USB style flash memory drives or SSDs.
External Drives formatted under the NTFS format protocol WILL NOT work with any iDevice.
There are lots of YouTube videos that discuss and demonstrate this.
You still have an iPad with a low power Lightning port.
If these are iTunes purchased and NOT “ripped” DVD/Blu-ray discs, then you COULD store these movies to an external drive, but they must be transferred to transferred back to the iPad and the TV App to be played by the iPad.
The camera connection kit WILL NOT WORK TO DO THIS, though.
SSDs need more power and to accomplish being able to work through the iPad's Lightning port you would need to purchase the actual, genuine Apple Lightning to USB-3 camera adapter, and external from Apple, and plug that adapter into power using your iPad charge cable and Apple power/charging block!
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MK0W2/lightning-to- usb-3-camera-adapter?fnode=3
You NEED TO PURCHASE THIS EXACT genuine Apple adapter!!
This is THE ONLY adapter that works!
Cheaper ( cheap in price and quality ) third party adapters WILL NOT WORK!!!!
With Lightning connector equipt iPads, you need this adapter as it has a power connection to power both the iPad and to connect a commonplace USB flash memory drive or portable SSD drive.
Without the additional power to the iPad, USB flash drives and portable SSD drives will NOT work with older iPads with the Lightning connector.
The Lightning connector alone cannot convey the necessary power requirements needed for normal USB style flash memory drives or SSDs.
External Drives formatted under the NTFS format protocol WILL NOT work with any iDevice.
There are lots of YouTube videos that discuss and demonstrate this.
If these movies are ripped from disc, you might be better off using portable, built-in Wireless, WiFi hot spot drives from SanDisk ( Western Digital ), Western Digital and Seagate.
These types of drives have rechargeable Lithium-ion batteries and you can store your movies on these drives and locally stream these drives content through the drive's built-in WiFi connection to the iPad using the WiFi drive maker's special iOS app from the iOS App Store.
Something like these
SanDisk
The one immediately above is a WiFi hotspot, rechargeable wireless flash drive that easily fits inside any pocket and will last up to 6-8 hours of access
Portable, Wireless, WiFi drives from Seagate.
Good Luck to You!
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