Can I stream a movie from iPhone 5 to iPad with no wifi

Apple coded the ability to stream iTunes purchased TV/Movie content out of iOS sometime at some version of iOS 8.

I discovered this feature omission in iOS 9 when I started inquiring about this.

This was an undocumented and workaround feature, from iOS 5 to the last iOS 7 update, to be able to stream iTunes purchased movie/TV content remotely from an external storage device, but Apple closed down, coded out this ability/workaround since, and it seems that Apple is not going to restore this ability anytime soon!

There is no way to do this any longer!

There is NOTHING you can do to get this to work!

This ability is gone!

Plus, with mobile, portable, WiFi hard drives and mobile flash drives, you are forced to use a drive maker's app to access these drives and the drive app is not capable of wirelessly streaming purchased iTunes TV/ Movie content as Apple's own DRMs have been preventing this, too!

The remote streaming ability was accessed through a workaround that allowed streaming of purchased iTunes movie/TV content though the iOS Safari web browser.

Apple closed up, coded out this workaround out of Safari during an early iOS 8 update, forever preventing protected, BUT PURCHASED, iTunes movie/TV from ever being streamed from a remote storage device.

Android devices do not have this limitation to be able to stream the same iTunes purchased content to their devices from a wireless WiFi remote storage device.

The only thing you can do is transfer movies from the drive to your iPad to watch the movies off of your iPad, now!

The wireless drive is just a storage vessel, now and not an external streaming device.

Yes,

You can stream your own ripped movies from these wireless drives using the wireless drive maker's own app found in the iOS App Store.

I have resorted to stop purchasing any more iTunes movie/TV content and going back to purchasing physical muliti format discs of movies/tv show and creating my own digital copies of DVDs that I can use with both my Seagate Wireless portable drives and wireless and lightning connected mobile, portable USB flash memory drives.

I can now directly stream all of my movie/TV content, once again, from external storage devices.

You CAN stream downloaded YouTube content from remote wireless drives to your iPad, also.

I still own the first generation iPad that still has iOS 5.1.1 that still has this capability. So, I can still stream movies from my Seagate Wireless hard drive to my 2010 iPad 1, but this is my only iPad that still can do this.

If you want Apple to restore this external streaming workaround feature/ability, send feedback here.

iPad Feedback

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Good Luck!

Hey. So I like the idea you have listed here. I have a few follow up questions. I just like to know how this works before I start buying stuff.

1) Do you need some sort of app to play those movies? They kind of hinted you did on their website.

2) Does the movie being in iTunes matter? So when I plug it into my computer to download the movies to play later does it matter if i download them from iTunes or should i instead download them as "generic" MP4 files.

3) When I go to play from the seagate drive can it play in ITunes itself. Or do i need to download an additional "movie playing" software on my iPad/phone?

Thanks for the help and answeres to my questions 🙂

I have a 4th question. So I read that there are issues with "iTunes purchased" media since IOS8 or something. Can I still download and play movies I have self ripped? Or is this system now obsolete?

No. You can't stream content over Bluetooth and you can't create a network from the one device to the other.

I am not totally sure that this app will work with large videos, but it will transfer photos over Bluetooth from an iDevice to another iDevice and it does state that it will transfer videos as well. Take a look at it.

http://www.phototransferapp.com/

BTW ...l appreciate everything that you guys in the military are doing for us. You are getting a new joint facility over there in Moon aren't you?

Nah ... Don't jailbreak. You are making the right choice there.

Be safe, take care and all the best on your two week journey!

Hi Crew Chief 130.

I know of a Seagate GoFlex Satellite Drive and I apologize for not mentioning it, but I thought that the goal was to carry as little as possible with you on these trips. The drive creates its own ad hoc network for streaming to your devices but you cannot connect to the Internet with it.

My bad, I should have suggested it. Kingston makes a drive like that too. I think there are a couple of others as well. Anyway, I'm glad that you discovered it and that it is working out for you.

A lower tech way to carry movies with you requires SD cards and time, but If you put mp4 files on a SD card you can use the camera connection kit to import those into the iPad. You can then watch and delete.

There is a catch in that you have to follow a very stict naming convention and import then watch, but could be another way to have multiple movie files with potentially less bulk than the hard drive (Although, while the goflex is more expensive, it may be easier to work with than the 'make it work' aspect of the SD cards.)

TThank you for your answer I have been trying to figure this out for months! Thank you thank you thank you