Q: Compact flash card w/camera connection kit not seen iPad

tallphotoguy wrote:

 

I have attached a compact flash card to my iPad4 with the camera connection kit. 

This is quite confusing because Apple's iPad Camera Connection Kit (shown in the link below) is not compatible with the iPad 4.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC531ZM/A/apple-ipad-camera-connection-kit

So are you using some other manufacturer's kit?  Are you using some adapter (which probably would cause the kit not to work with thei iPad 4)?

FAT32 format is OK.

Another way. You can use a USB flash drive & the camera connection kit.

Plug the USB flash drive (works the same with an SD card) 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.)

Using The iPad Camera Connection Kit

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4101

Secrets of the iPad Camera Connection Kit

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57401068-285/secrets-of-the-ipad-camera-conn ection-kit/

 Cheers, Tom

For the video to be visible you need to have a folder named DCIM on your card, and then the mp4 has to have a file name of 8 characters, MOV_2345 for example. and your mp4 needs to be in that DCIM folder.