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Copying DVDs to an iPad... Is it possible? Which formats?

Okay, now before everyone rips into me and goes off about piracy and theft and all that stuff, lemme explain...

I'm a pilot working toward my instrument rating. I have 18 hours of instructional DVDs -- THAT I PAID FOR WITH GOOD OLE (SOON TO BE WORTHLESS) US DOLLARS -- and I was wanting to rip them into another format and store them on an iPad. The only reason I want an iPad is for the ForeFlight App which is something that countless pilots have migrated to in favor of a paperless cockpit.

My plan was to buy an iPad2 and use it for all of my aviation tasks which would be 1) navigation with the GPS capability, and 2) flight instruction with the training DVDs and website tests.

I'm a long time Apple user, but never owned an iPad. I've read that the iPad can only play certain video formats, and to store DVDs on an iPad you have to "jailbreak" it, whatever that means.

In a nutshell, I just want to know if it's possible for me to store my DVDs on an iPad2. I have about 80GB of DVD video that I would need to compress to fit onto a 32 or 64GB iPad.

MacBook Pro 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5, Mac OS X (10.6.4), 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

Posted on Mar 5, 2011 12:13 AM

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Frompont

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Sep 17, 2013 9:32 AM in response to DorianJ

Thanks for all your DVD to iPad solutions here, that are just what I’m looking for.

Dec 13, 2013 4:14 AM in response to DorianJ

iPad supported video formats:

H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

iPad 2, iPad (3rd generation), iPad (4rd generation), iPad mini, iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display supported video formats:

So you should convert your DVD to iPad videos like 720p H.264 .mp4 video, for unprotected DVDs, just use Handbrake.

Jan 25, 2014 3:27 AM in response to DorianJ

This has answered my question without asking it. Thanks.

Mar 29, 2014 7:40 PM in response to Arown1976

Hi,

I copied my DVDs, with first Handbrake and then VidCoder, onto my PC which runs Windows 7. Then moved them to Itunes. They played fine on Itunes. The extra features on the DVD weren't copied, but that's fine. However, I synced my Ipad with my Movie library and the same movies played on my Ipad either with no sound or only with sound in the last chapter. Does anyone know why this happens and how I can fix it?

Thanks

Nov 18, 2014 12:33 AM in response to DorianJ

I don't think it's pirating. I've bough all the DVDs but it's too hard to keep them safe in a family with three kids.

Luckily we have a 64GB iPad Air so we can move all the movies in. I have to say it's too hard to evaluate all the rippers, too many freewares on Windows. Seriously I'd prefer a paid SW after trying so much poor support service.

I'm now running DVDAid on Mac, it said to show estimate file size before conversion and actually did it!

Rhys.g

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Dec 28, 2014 10:02 PM in response to DorianJ

google search - MP3/MP4 to iPad (or whatever format it is) download the program and it should tell you what to do from there.

im not sure if it actually legal though... But I've actually never done it. I looked it on the Internet but I did t feel comfortable doing it because I wasn't sure if it was legal or not

Apr 2, 2015 12:37 AM in response to DorisJohn

Back to report...DVDAid worked great so far but I'm moved to BDs now. Do you have recommended BD rippers?

Chris CA

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Apr 2, 2015 6:23 AM in response to DorisJohn

Ripping DVDs is illegal in most places and cannot be discussed in these forums.

Copying DVDs to an iPad... Is it possible? Which formats?