I have the new IPad Pro. May I use an external DVD player with my new IPad to watch DVD videos?

How can I watch DVDs with my new iPad Pro?

iPad Pro, iPadOS 14

Posted on Dec 21, 2020 7:40 AM

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Isn’t it possible to somehow play a DVD and watch it on iPad? I own a wonderful iPad. It is not some fancy iPad where I can write on it, etc. It is probably five years old at least, but it works wonderfully. I have an external cheap DVD player that works wonderfully. Also, is there anyway I can get that DVD player to plug into my iPad? I don’t want to rip or do anything illegal. I simply want to watch movies I own on a DVD player I own, but use the iPad as my television. You would think in today’s world that would somehow be possible but I don’t want to copy something onto the iPads drive for fun use iTunes to do such an such, I just want to plug my DVD into the iPad. Is there some sort of plug-in device that will help me to accomplish this or I am I totally out of luck? Thanks everyone.
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LotusPilot

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Dec 21, 2020 10:26 AM in response to Ebdcuser

iOS/iPadOS does not support connection to, or use of, optical drives. As such, you’ll not be able to directly play media content from CD, DVD or BluRay.

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I have the new IPad Pro. May I use an external DVD player with my new IPad to watch DVD videos?

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