iPad Pro How to Transfer DVD Contents to iPad Pro?

[Newbert]

I have a piano instructional course on 2 DVD's that I would like to be able to view on my 1st gen iPad Pro.

Can someone walk me thru how this can be done? I'm only a very basic iPad user who doesn't make much use of iTunes or any other iPad file management features. So, the simpler instructions, the better.

I have a Win 7 desktop PC with a DVD drive, if that matters.

Thanks.

 

[EugW]

You can use an application on your Windows 7 machine (or a Mac) to convert the DVDs to video files. Then you can load the video files onto your iPad Pro and play them with something like vlc or IINA.

Probably the easiest converter would be Handbrake, which is free:

https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

 

[AutomaticApple]

You can use an application on your Windows 7 machine (or a Mac) to convert the DVDs to video files. Then you can load the video files onto your iPad Pro and play them with something like vlc or IINA.

Probably the easiest converter would be Handbrake, which is free:

https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

Yeah, Handbrake is quite literally the best!

 

[Newbert]

You can use an application on your Windows 7 machine (or a Mac) to convert the DVDs to video files. Then you can load the video files onto your iPad Pro and play them with something like vlc or IINA.

Probably the easiest converter would be Handbrake, which is free:

https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

OK - I understand about converting the DVD's using Handbrake - but how do I then load the files onto the iPad Pro?

For example, can a USB thumb drive be used? If so, how would it connect to the iPad Pro (1st generation)?

Thanks!

 

[jeyf]

OK - I understand about converting the DVD's using Handbrake - but how do I then load the files onto the iPad Pro?

easy way is to transfer the converted file(s) via dropBox or iCloud.

get a free free copy of the VLC app for ios installed on your iPhone. this app will be able to play the media on your dropBox or iCloud account.

 

[EugW]

OK - I understand about converting the DVD's using Handbrake - but how do I then load the files onto the iPad Pro?

For example, can a USB thumb drive be used? If so, how would it connect to the iPad Pro (1st generation)?

You can just use iTunes on the Windows machine. If you install vlc or Infuse or whatever, there should be a window where you can drop in the files.

 

[sparksd]

You can just use iTunes on the Windows machine. If you install vlc or Infuse or whatever, there should be a window where you can drop in the files.

Or with Infuse, VLC, or nPlayer you can do a direct WiFi connect to a Windows box and copy them over into the app.

 

[Newbert]

Searching for "VLC" or "Infuse" on the App store comes up with multiple similarly named apps, so which (exactly) to choose? "nPlayer" is clearly identified, but I'd prefer a free app for this one-time (hopefully) need.

Searching "VLC" resulted in me installing an app called "Video+" which appeared to be just the ticket. However after spending HOURS exporting 74 individual videos from Dropbox to the app (and "saving" each time), the videos disappeared from Video+as soon as I removed them from Dropbox. That's not "saving" if you ask me.

So now I'm trying the free version of inFuse as I type this - linking it tgo the files on my PC. (They take up way too much space on Dropbox.) I already see that it'll be a slow process to transfer 3Gigs of videos, but we'll see how it goes.

Any advice on things to do or avoid doing to not screw this up?

Thanks again.

EDIT: Well, It appears that inFuse worked - sort of. All files transferred over, but about 1/6 of them have been renamed to "Lesson of the Evil" which appears to be a movie(?). -- Weird! --

I don't see a way to rename them, but that's OK if I have them at my fingerprints on the iPad.

Thanks.

 

[EugW]

Searching for "VLC" or "Infuse" on the App store comes up with multiple similarly named apps, so which (exactly) to choose? "nPlayer" is clearly identified, but I'd prefer a free app for this one-time (hopefully) need.

Searching "VLC" resulted in me installing an app called "Video+" which appeared to be just the ticket. However after spending HOURS exporting 74 individual videos from Dropbox to the app (and "saving" each time), the videos disappeared from Video+as soon as I removed them from Dropbox. That's not "saving" if you ask me.

So now I'm trying the free version of inFuse as I type this - linking it tgo the files on my PC. (They take up way too much space on Dropbox.) I already see that it'll be a slow process to transfer 3Gigs of videos, but we'll see how it goes.

Any advice on things to do or avoid doing to not screw this up?

Thanks again.

The iPad version of this is what you want:

 

[MisterSavage]

I had a dedication ceremony on a DVD that I did the same thing for. I'm doing this from memory but I think I have it right. My steps:

1. Use Handbrake to rip the video I care about into a single file (MP4?).
2. I sync my iPad with iTunes and iTunes has a selection under video (TV?) where you can select local content you want to sync. Select that file.
3. Perform a sync.

That was it.