Getting videos off the iPad

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Getting videos off the iPad

Okay, admittedly this is a dumb question but I still need some help with it. I made a video of a brand facilitation on the iPad. It was about 2 hours long. Came out great. There is only one problem: it is so big I can't figure out how to get it off the iPad. I downloaded an app call UPL which would compress it really small and I could upload it to DropBox, but it was a little too low a res (192x168, 128kbps). I'm compressing to the Medium version now (480 x 320, 768kbps) and it is literally taking hours. I want to get this off the iPad and saved to a thumbdrive for archiving. With the lightning connector on the iPad, I don't have a way to stick a thumbdrive in there. I feel like the person who built and airplane in the basement. What is the best way to do this? I plan to use the iPad for more videos...the quality is good. I just need to be able to remove it after filming.

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iPad 2, iOS 6.1.3, iPad 4

Posted on Dec 3, 2013 12:32 PM

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Texas Mac Man

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Dec 3, 2013 1:18 PM in response to houstonalle

There are no dumb questions in Apple Support Discussions (OK, maybe a few).

The camera connection kit can only be used to import photo/video files from a camera, SD card or USB flash drive. You can't import other types of files. You can't export any type of files using the camera connection kit.

How to Transfer Photos from an iPad to a Computer

http://www.wikihow.com/Transfer-Photos-from-an-iPad-to-a-Computer

Importing Personal Photos and videos from your iOS device to your computer.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083

Also check out the Photo Manager Pro app.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-manager-pro/id393858562

 Cheers, Tom 😉

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Dec 4, 2013 1:16 AM in response to houstonalle

Connect iPad to a Mac using the white wire.
Run Image Capture on the Mac.
Download whatever stills and videos you want off of the iPad.

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houstonalle Author

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Dec 4, 2013 12:57 PM in response to houstonalle

The video was over 2 hours so when I plugged by connector from the ipad to the Mac and tried to import to iPhoto, it would not import. So I took it into iMovie on the iPad, saved it to a medium (lower) resolution and then was able to import as shown above. 🙂

So, my problem is solved, I just wish I could plug in a thumbdrive with a lightning connector and drag and drop. It would be so much easier :-)

Thanks everyone for you help. It helped me thing through it and make it work.

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