What video formats does the iPad support?

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What video formats does the iPad support?

I am trying to sync various videos I made on my MAC to my iPAD and some say they are not supported on the ipad. "info" says the accepted ones are mpeg which is fine but the rejected ones are QT files made on iMOVIE. It seems that the ip should accept and play quick time file made with Apple software. What gives? Do I have to change the format on the MAC, and if so, how?

iMAC 24", 20"& 13"macbook & iPAD, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Jul 30, 2010 8:26 AM

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Jolly Giant

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Aug 13, 2010 10:20 AM in response to jrice

jrice wrote:
Do I have to change the format on the MAC, and if so, how?

if the problem files are in iTunes, select one of them and go to the advanced menu. from there choose +create iPad or Apple TV version+ and try syncing the newly created file.

J GG

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Tom Gewecke

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Aug 13, 2010 10:20 AM in response to jrice

A list of supported video formats is given in the tech specs:

http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/

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jrice Author

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Aug 13, 2010 10:21 AM in response to Jolly Giant

Thanks Jolly. That did it

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