How to put video files onto an iPad?

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How to put video files onto an iPad?
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Kerr Avon	Jun 22 2014, 03:00 PM Post #1
Senior Member Posts: 560 Group: Senior Members Member #52 Joined: December 13, 2006	I've been asked to put some video files onto an iPad (an iPad Mini, I think, 14GB). So what software should I use, and if possible please suggest something other than iTunes, as I'm no fan of that software. I'm using Windows 7. I only need to transfer across some video files (Mrs Brown's Boys, a very funny British program), so I'm not bothered about anything fancy on the Windows side of the program - I don't care about music meta-data, or album covers, or anything at all except for transferring the video files to the iPad so that a complete iPad novice (i.e the one person on the planet who knows less about the iPad than I do) can view the videos. Also, the files are currently in .avi format, but I think I read that the iPad needs them in .mp4 format. If so, what's a good program (Handbrake, Format Factory, etc?) to convert them, and what settings should I use? Thanks for any answers (especially if the answer involves a no-bloatware file transfer function between the PC and the iPad!)



TheJuice401	Jun 22 2014, 03:39 PM Post #2
Senior Member Posts: 574 Group: Senior Members Member #931 Joined: August 6, 2012	if your looking to download youtube vids to your phone download "mctube" not sure if it still works but i can download videos from youtube thru wifi
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Boomdiers	Jun 22 2014, 07:30 PM Post #3
The Bombinator! Posts: 1,022 Group: Senior Members Member #1,308 Joined: March 2, 2013	~~Try TDownloader it can download youtube mp3 and also create files in the app also can download other video player like dailymotion~~ It I Appears that this app is no longer on App Store I still have it and it is awesome Edited by Boomdiers, Jun 22 2014, 07:54 PM.
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Kerr Avon	Jun 24 2014, 06:57 AM Post #4
Senior Member Posts: 560 Group: Senior Members Member #52 Joined: December 13, 2006	A friend suggested iFunbox, and it's great, and very easy to use, with none of that syncing rubbish, and it's done the job just fine. You still have to install iTunes to use iFunbox, but hopefully I'll never need to use iTunes (or touch another iPad again - my own Android tablet lets you just copy your music/comics/ebooks etc directly to the tablet as though it's another Windows drive, none of that having to use proprietary, bloated first party programs that dictate what you do and how you do it). Thanks everyone for the answers, and I really recommend iFunbox (http://www.i-funbox.com/) for the job.



zaph	Jun 24 2014, 08:38 AM Post #5
Established Member Posts: 85 Group: Established Members Member #2,261 Joined: May 29, 2014	How about installing an .avi compitable app on your iPad? You could install something like VLC, then just drag and drop the files onto the app in iTunes.
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Norcal	Jun 24 2014, 08:50 AM Post #6
Posts: 805 Group: Senior Members Member #771 Joined: February 25, 2012	I know you said you didn't like it, but iTunes is probably the fastest and easiest way to do it. Just add the files to a specific folder and go to the "Videos\Movies" tab on your device, click "sync" and you're done. Edited by Norcal, Jun 24 2014, 08:50 AM.


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