Viewing AVI Videos with Ipad?

Bowman1 said:

My question is I'm trying to view AVI file type videos with my Ipad. I am using game cameras and need to be able to take the SD card out of the camera and insert it into the Apple Sd Card converter and play it on my Ipad with no WiFi service. Is this possible?

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You can

Try using good player

Bowman1 said:

Please explain in detail? I have been trying to get an answer to this question for a month with no answer! Thanks in advance.

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1, you MUST jailbreak if you want to play back your AVI files directly from your card without importing them first. See https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1464236/ for more info.

2, if you don't / can't jailbreak, you'll need to import via CCK. I've tested the CCK with all current cameras producing AVI files (mostly Canon ones); most of them were compatible.

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Gav2k said:

Try using good player

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Won't work unless you jailbreak. See the above tutorial.

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Bowman1 said:

All I get when I download the video to my camera roll is a white block with AVI written in it.

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What's the camera model?

Bowman1 said:

The camera is a Bushnell Trail Camera. It apparently uses AVI type files for video mode. The thing is I have four cameras and only one lets me play back a video without having to convert it. I've contacted Bushnell and they told me that I am lucky to have one of them work because they are not compatible.

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Are they the same model? If they are, what's the firmware version on them? If they're the same model, you could flash the same firmware to the other three to gain CCK compatibility.

Bowman1 said:

What is the ups ad downs of Jailbreak and how is this done?

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Is it an iPad 1 or an iPad 2/3 running iOS 4.3.3/5.1.1 or 5.1.1? If it is, then, you absolutely MUST jailbreak. Don't listen to people that state jailbreaking is dangerous. Among other things, you'll gain full access to the storage card's content from third-party apps without having to import the videos first. Needless to say, these apps are far more AVI-compatible than Apple's built-in player.

If you have another iOS version (or the iPad 4 / Mini), then, you can't jailbreak.

Bowman1 said:

It's an Ipad2 and I'm running IOS 6.0.1.

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Out of luck, then. All you can do is checking out the firmware versions of your cameras if they're the same model to find out whether a firmware flash would make the other three cameras iOS-compliant.