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how to view movies on ipad. Is there a requirement to convert them to quicktime ? How do I do that ?
iPad 2, iOS 5.1.1
AVI is a Microsoft container. If the file was encoded in an iPad compatible format, it can be viewed with QuickTime.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1536
There are 3rd party apps that provide for this such as OPlayer.
Message was edited by: Allan Sampson
You can use third-party players unless the videos are Full HD. The following players have excellent MSMPEG4 / DivX / XviD (the most common codecs used in AVI files) support:
http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-apps/77042-movies-ipad.html#post557696
You may also want to convert them into MOV / MP4 etc. files so that the stock Videos can also play them back. Then, you will want to use Handbrake. Do NOT listen to people recommending other, commercial converters - they're, in most cases, inferior! (See for example my related benchmarks and posts at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3861279?start=15&tstart=0 , on the second page )
converting avi to quick time
