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I have a new iPad and a 27 inch iMac. I want to import some movies from the iMac to the iPad.
The movies are in iTunes and iMovie on the iMac.
The movies are both AVI and MOV.
When the iPad is opened in iTunes, many movies are shown as able to sync, but not all.
1. How do I import those movies onto the iPad?
2. iPad is never shown in FINDER?
Thanks.
iPad 2, iOS 5.1
1. Have you enabled Movie syncing?
2. It's not supposed to.
Yes, I enabled movie syncing, and I have about 20 short movie clips in iMovies and iTunes.
Only about 15 show up as "syncable".
I cannot sync the other 5 because they do not show.
The easiest way to play these videos on your iPad is with a 3rd party video player app. You can find many in the iTunes App Store. Some are free, usually with limitations, and the best ones are usually paid. Be sure to get one specifically for the iPad and you won't have issues with it filling the display with video.
Video files for these apps are no stored in the iTunes video content library, but can be directly transferred to the app using the iTunes app on your computer. You add the files to the video app with your iPad connected to iTunes in the File Sharing area at the bottom of the Apps pane.
I use VLC, but that is no longer available in the iTunes App Store. We are hoping the developers get over their personal issues and that VLC 2 will be available in the App Store soon.
Thanks.
I am a simple guy with a simple need. I would like to view the video I took with my iPod (5th G) on my iPad.
I have dozens of short videos of students talking, taken with my iPod, and I would like to import them onto the iPad and use it as a teaching tool in class.
iPod video to iPad, seemed doable.
I do not understand why some movies/videos show up as "syncable" and others do not.
I just presumed that videos made with Apple products would show on other Apple products.
Must iMovie convert the videos to some other format for iPad?
I am not knowledgeable about videos on the iOS. I am sharing with you how I view those types of video files hassle free. I only use the Apple Video app to view movies and TV shows that I have bought from the iTunes Store. Everything else I view in this 3rd party app. I transfer the files to the app in the manner I have explained.
Another way. You can use a USB flash drive & the camera connection kit.
Plug the USB flash drive into your computer & create a new folder titled DCIM. Then put your movie/photo files into the folder. The files must have a filename with exactly 8 characters long (no spaces) plus the file extension (i.e., my-movie.mov; DSCN0164.jpg).
Now plug the flash drive into the iPad using the camera connection kit. Open the Photos app, the movie/photo files should appear & you can import. (You can not export using the camera connection kit.)
Cheers, Tom 😉
Thanks. I did not get the camera connection kit. I figured I would just download movies from the camera to the computer and then from the computer to the iPad.
But, what about the videos made with the iPod.
Again, some iPod movies show up as syncable, but not all. I do not understand why some movies in iMovie and iPhoto show up as syncable, but not all.
Baffling at this point.
Thanks again.
I want to import movies to new iPad
