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iPad 64GB iPad Mini + 64GB USB Stick + USB Hub + iFile = 128GB iPad Mini
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1. It seems to be removed from BigBoss.
2. Nevertheless, my symlink-based video playback is the most recommended playback method.
Couple of things to add, I tried this when the JB first came out for ios 7.
I noticed that if I plugged my usb stick into the hub (which is 'on' and connected to the lightning usb cable) I would get a "this device requires too much power" message. However, if I plug the usb stick in first to the hub, then connect the hub (i.e everything at once), I don't get a message. It works but seems a bit fiddly at times. I can't decide between SD cards or USB. I am leaning towards SD cards due to not needing a hub to use it, also USB 3 SD card readers aren't expensive (and just as small as a usb stick to carry). What do you guys think? SD cards probably require a little less power, especially if its not driving a hub to go with it too.
Another interesting thing to add;
exFAT is supported in ios 7. The photos app will recognize exFAT drives but iFile won't at the moment. I presume this is simply because it requires a different command to mount exFAT drives, and if someone wanted to, the very old method of SSH in and mounting drivers yourself would probably work with exFAT drives. I have contacted the iFile developer and he said he would look at it at some point - at the moment he's pretty busy with all the ios 7 transfer (mostly icon problems if you ask me
). But I look forward to possibly getting something silly like a 128gb SD card - which should now be readable with exFAT being supported - or do these get a too much power error too? (hmm it seems like they do, I guess the hub is the best option unless anyone has tried a large SD card before?)
I noticed that if I plugged my usb stick into the hub (which is 'on' and connected to the lightning usb cable) I would get a "this device requires too much power" message. However, if I plug the usb stick in first to the hub, then connect the hub (i.e everything at once), I don't get a message. It works but seems a bit fiddly at times. I can't decide between SD cards or USB. I am leaning towards SD cards due to not needing a hub to use it, also USB 3 SD card readers aren't expensive (and just as small as a usb stick to carry). What do you guys think? SD cards probably require a little less power, especially if its not driving a hub to go with it too.
Another interesting thing to add;
exFAT is supported in ios 7. The photos app will recognize exFAT drives but iFile won't at the moment. I presume this is simply because it requires a different command to mount exFAT drives, and if someone wanted to, the very old method of SSH in and mounting drivers yourself would probably work with exFAT drives. I have contacted the iFile developer and he said he would look at it at some point - at the moment he's pretty busy with all the ios 7 transfer (mostly icon problems if you ask me
). But I look forward to possibly getting something silly like a 128gb SD card - which should now be readable with exFAT being supported - or do these get a too much power error too? (hmm it seems like they do, I guess the hub is the best option unless anyone has tried a large SD card before?)
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I've been doing this for almost 2 years on my ipad 3 (6.1.2 jb).
I use the apple CCK and use a 64gb SD to put my blurays that I ripped on there.
You can use VLC to watch the movies, but it copies it from your sd card to your local memory before playing.
Ifile asks which program I want to use and the ios default video player runs smooth, fast and videos look great.
Is there a Camera Connection Kit in lightning format?
I use mac drive on my windows 8 computer to format the SD card as HFS+. No issues with ifile reading the card. To be honest I've never checked if I can use disk utility on my Mac to format it the same way.
I use the apple CCK and use a 64gb SD to put my blurays that I ripped on there.
You can use VLC to watch the movies, but it copies it from your sd card to your local memory before playing.
Ifile asks which program I want to use and the ios default video player runs smooth, fast and videos look great.
Is there a Camera Connection Kit in lightning format?
I use mac drive on my windows 8 computer to format the SD card as HFS+. No issues with ifile reading the card. To be honest I've never checked if I can use disk utility on my Mac to format it the same way.
Yeah but Apple got greedy and decided to make you buy them separately now for the same price as the old one, each.
Good to know that 64gb sd cards work, lets hope that 128gb works too
Do you think there is much power difference between SD sizes? To the same extent as a usb stick?
1. Let me repeat: as explained in my above article, if you don't mind the CCK (and the card reader / USB stick) sticking out of the iPad, you can even stream the video from your external storage, just like on Android over OTG (without even rooting, using the streamer app in the Play Store). This also means you save time and can watch movies larger than your current free storage.
2. At the moment, as of the current, non-hardware-accelerated version, I don't recommend VLC for playing back high-res videos. See https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1652736/ for more info.
There is. However, the old CCK also works with the iPad 4 / Air with Apple's standard Lightning- 30pin adapter (I've tested).
So if I get a lightning to to sd card, I would just plug in the sd card and it would get recognized right away? If so than that is way better than my original post I made in this thread. And is there a certain type of sd card or would any sd card work?
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I don't know if anyone can confirm, but I think its far less likely to get a "requires too much power" error when using an SD card.
Any SD card should work, the problem before was that SDXC cards came pre-formatted as exFAT. For the time being, reformatting that to HSF+ or FAT32 will make it readable. Hopefully soon though, iFile will be updated to mount exFAT cards and then I can't wait to try a 128gb exFAT SD card haha. I'd do HSF+ but don't want to mess around with the drivers on a windows pc (don't have mac) and FAT32 limit of 4gb sized files would probably annoy me at some point.
I would be interested to see the difference in battery life of hub+usb stick vs SD card too.
Does anyone know if this would work on the cck? http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/lexar-media-lexar-platinum-ii-64gb-class-10-sdxc-memory-card-lsd64gbsbna200/10209542.aspx?path=0b3d8e41170d1b4cccadd556e0da1f3fen02
I just don't want to buy this and get home to see that it doesnt work xD
I just don't want to buy this and get home to see that it doesnt work xD
I don't see why it wouldn't. Most likely have to re-format it into something the ipad can read but other than that, I don't see what else could be wrong with it.
I haven't tested this, but wouldn't it work to buy a small powered usb hub, a USB to DC converter, and one of those lipstick-shaped rechargeable backup batteries? You would put the USB to DC converter into the backup battery and use it to power the powered usb hub. Then you would have powered USB ports on your iPad. Also, it would be sort of ghetto, but you could then build a custom case out of wood (popsicle sticks?) or something in order to store the whole rig behind your iPad. Just a thought.
For the price??? I just parted it out on eBay and the whole rig costs around $30 with a 32GB flash drive. Given, none of the parts were name brand and that didn't include the homemade case but I would bet that for $50, if it all works, I could easily add upwards of 250GB.
price, size, extra stuff, weight, etc.
BTW just the lighting adapter runs like $29 if I remember correctly.
My bad, forgot that. Still though, if I can turn a 16GB iPad mini into a 256GB+ powerhouse for around $100, it would be well worth the investment.
There are thousands on eBay for less than $25 and Amazon has one by a company called SELCOA for $28.95.
I highly doubt they're reliable and fast enough for such a large capacity and low price