[iPad Mini] Lightning to SD card question

kyomagi · Dec 3, 2012, 09:45 AM

I use a app on my mini to watch MKV files, do you think if i got the lightning to SD card adapter, i can transfer MKV's over to said app instead of storing them on my ipad it self?

Menel · Dec 3, 2012, 11:51 AM

SD card adapter only works with the Photos app.

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I would recommend reencoding in Handbrake into m4v files. Then when you store them you should be able to import them into your camera roll for playback.

edit: also, with it properly encoded into h.264 via Handbrake, your video files will play natively through the hardware decoders and you'll get better quality and better battery life. Transcodin on the fly has got to reak havoc on CPU and batt. life.

kyomagi · Dec 3, 2012, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Menel

SD card adapter only works with the Photos app.

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I would recommend reencoding in Handbrake into m4v files. Then when you store them you should be able to import them into your camera roll for playback.

edit: also, with it properly encoded into h.264 via Handbrake, your video files will play natively through the hardware decoders and you'll get better quality and better battery life. Transcodin on the fly has got to reak havoc on CPU and batt. life.

Only issue is the subtitles are softcoded in MKV files. If i use handbreak to convert, the subs are lost.

Menel · Dec 3, 2012, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by kyomagi

Only issue is the subtitles are softcoded in MKV files. If i use handbreak to convert, the subs are lost.

Embed them as a Handbrake input. https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/Subtitles

kyomagi · Dec 3, 2012, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Menel

Embed them as a Handbrake input. https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/Subtitles

Ok so HB can take softcoded subs and hardcode them into a new format? And using this format is better on the battery? Does it take away from the quality?

kyomagi · Dec 5, 2012, 02:40 PM

why does it say on the website that this cable supports video as well?

Just wondering

Roy Hobbs · 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by kyomagi

why does it say on the website that this cable supports video as well?

Just wondering

You can transfer videos taken with your camera to the iPad

kyomagi · Dec 6, 2012, 08:53 AM

ahhh so i will probably need something like the wi-drive then if i want to transfer actual movies over.

got it

TJ61 · Dec 6, 2012, 09:53 AM

Sounds like you might be set, but if not, search the subject of video subtitles by forum member "Menneisyys2". Then sit back with a cup of coffee and learn everything there is to know about encoding with subtitles, and video apps for iOS.

Regards,
Tom

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kyomagi macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2010	Lightning to SD card question I use a app on my mini to watch MKV files, do you think if i got the lightning to SD card adapter, i can transfer MKV's over to said app instead of storing them on my ipad it self?
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Menel macrumors 68020 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Atlanta	SD card adapter only works with the Photos app. ---------- I would recommend reencoding in Handbrake into m4v files. Then when you store them you should be able to import them into your camera roll for playback. edit: also, with it properly encoded into h.264 via Handbrake, your video files will play natively through the hardware decoders and you'll get better quality and better battery life. Transcodin on the fly has got to reak havoc on CPU and batt. life. __________________ iPhone 5 AT&T, iPad (3rd gen), iPod Nano (4th gen), AppleTV (2nd gen), iTunes Match
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kyomagi Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2010	why does it say on the website that this cable supports video as well? Just wondering
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kyomagi Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2010	ahhh so i will probably need something like the wi-drive then if i want to transfer actual movies over. got it
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TJ61 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2011	Sounds like you might be set, but if not, search the subject of video subtitles by forum member "Menneisyys2". Then sit back with a cup of coffee and learn everything there is to know about encoding with subtitles, and video apps for iOS. Regards, Tom
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