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Transfer/copy videos from Camera Roll to "Videos" app

Hello,


I would like to transfer/move/copy video files from my iPhone camera roll to "Videos" app. I can copy Home Videos to "Videos" app using iTunes. However, I really need to directly copy the videos to "Videos" folder. The reason behind is, my car navigation unit can only read the files from my iPhone "Video" app. My iPhone model is 4S. Is there an app does this? Or is this even possible?


Thanks in advance.

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.1

Posted on Apr 7, 2014 4:48 PM

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Apr 30, 2016 9:47 PM in response to razmee209

Nope, this doesn't seem to work. The videos get randomly transferred between Camera Roll and Videos App. There doesn't seem to be any rule defining this, I've had instances of the same video formats (.mp4) behaving in different ways, viz:


- Some get saved to Camera roll, and others to Videos App

- For some, I get a message 'this video cannot be played by the iPhone device', and hence it doesn't get synced

- Some videos don't get synced at all, with no message. E.g. I select 5 videos for syncing, and only 4 get synced.


Moving files and images/ videos between Apple devices is a very rudimentary and 'luck by chance' method they've come up with. It all depends on your lucky stars.

Transfer/copy videos from Camera Roll to "Videos" app

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