iPad 9th gen can't save h265 GoPro videos on Photos app but my iPhone X can

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iPad 9th gen can't save h265 GoPro videos on Photos app but my iPhone X can

Hi guys,

I have a new iPad 9th gen. Model MK2K3TY/A and I have a very serious problem with this iPad.

I don’t know why but I am not able to directly save h265 videos taken with my GoPro Hero 6 (for example the 4k at 60fps) on the Apple Photos app using the Apple lightning USB adapter. I am able to do that with my older iPhone X though.

If I import this kind of video with my iPhone X and then airdrop it to the iPad, I have this error: “Failed to save item. Save to iCloud Drive instead?”

This iPad is supposed to have A13 Bionic chip, while my iPhone X has A11 Bionic.

How is this possible?

Please help.

Posted on Sep 17, 2022 8:14 AM

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JohnMoooore Author

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Sep 17, 2022 10:14 AM in response to JohnMoooore

Always talking about the iPad, I have to add that when this type of video is uploaded to iCloud, it appears in Photos app but the quality looks crap, something like 720p. I suppose iPad is creating a low resolution preview of the video.

In all of this mess the strangest part is that I can play the same video using Apple Files PERFECTLY FINE. So the iPad clearly supports the video format. However Apple Photos is not able to save and play it.

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