Syncing videos to new VLC Media App

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Syncing videos to new VLC Media App

I am so frustrated... I plugged my iPad into the computer & located it on iTunes.
I clicked on the APP tab. I scrolled down and found VLC under the list of apps I can transfer documents between my computer and iPad.
I dragged the video files into the pane, and each time it said that they were being transferred to my iPad, and the iPad said it was syncing the file.
But the VLC app on the iPad still says there are no files in its library.
iTunes, while it does show those two video files in the VLC document pane, does not show them in the iPad capacity bar at the bottom of iTunes.

What am I doing wrong?
How do I get these simple two video files to transfer into the app on my iPad?
I even rebooted the iPad (just held the button until the slider came up and closed it down) thinking maybe it needs to reboot but that didn't do anything either.

Please just tell me where I went wrong!
Argghhh... I wasted an afternoon!

iPad, Other OS, PC and iPad/32GB Wi-Fi & 3G (not using 3G)

Posted on Sep 20, 2010 2:03 PM

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Answer 1

climbs

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Sep 20, 2010 2:55 PM in response to MaggeeB

I am also having the same problem. I am not at the computer that I usually sync with. So I am thinking that I might need to be at the appropriate computer. However with other programs that use "USB" upload I do not need to be at the right computer? Argh!!! I want this to work so bad.

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MaggeeB Author

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Sep 20, 2010 2:59 PM in response to climbs

Well I have a website that reviews new iPad apps... I was all set to video a review this afternoon... HA! LOL, I am laughing it off as all the other sites beat me to the punch... and trying to figure out what the heck I am doing wrong. Oh well... as long as I figure it out I will be happy.

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MaggeeB Author

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Sep 20, 2010 3:15 PM in response to climbs

Well Lifehacker is reporting:
"Out of the starting gates, VLC Media Player for iPad is a little buggy, doesn't play back HD content too well, but is still very, very welcome. The interface is pretty slick, and copying your media files through iTunes is simple enough. While some formats aren't supported (RealMedia, FLV, etc.), many new ones are (AVI, MPG, MKV, etc.). Let's take a look at getting your media files into VLC and which files it'll handle best."
So flv and others aren't even playing in their player... so this makes sense? I thought this app supported just about all codecs... so much for the end-all app.

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Sep 20, 2010 4:20 PM in response to MaggeeB

Hi,

Which version of iTunes are you using?

iTunes 10 has a capacity bar which is all one colour. I tried iTunes 10 for a week and hated it, partly because it had had all the colour sucked out of it. Subsequently I downgraded to iTunes 9.2.1 again.

iTunes 9 has a multi-coloured capacity bar, with purple for video and green for apps.

When you add a movie to VLC, through the apps window in iTunes, the movie size is added to the APPS (green) section of the capacity bar, NOT to the video (purple) section.

If you are using iTunes 10, I suggest you make a mental note of the total used section of your single colour capacity bar, then add a movie file and see if it gets longer. If you are using iTunes 9, check the green section of the capacity bar and it should increase in size when you add your movie via VLC.

Hope this helps.

Martin

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Nik H

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Sep 21, 2010 8:06 AM in response to MaggeeB

Sorry to say but I believe that nothing but avi and xVid works for now. I tried to no avail yesterday. I then spent 2 hours searching the web and came across a post on a site that I can't recall that said they don't have anything working but avi and xVid. I tried those files and those transferred without a problem.

I was equally frustrated. I did everything you did and thought the iPad was the culprit. I sent a note to the developer through their web site and suggest anyone who has downloaded this do the same.

I am surprised Apple let this on their site. If the developer responds, I will let everyone know.

Nik H

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Sep 20, 2010 2:27 PM in response to MaggeeB

I am having the same issue, except 1 file shows up. It seems like WMV's are not showing up in VLC, but AVI's are.

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MaggeeB Author

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Sep 20, 2010 2:30 PM in response to infinitemobius

One of mine is a .wmv file, the other is a .flv, which is flash b/c I specifically wanted to see how a Flash video did on the iPad in the new VLC Media Player.

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