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Are there any iPad apps which will play transfered DVD files?

I have an (un-protected) exercise DVD which I legitimately purchased. It plays fine off of my D: (Hard Drive) of my Win10 computer. (It copied to the computer's hard drive just fine...)

I copied it's contents from there onto my iPad (into "Documents") , but apparently I don't have any app installed which supports the necessary filetypes (*.BUP; *.IFO; and *.VLC).

So are there any iPad apps which support these types of files so that I can view this DVD's contents on my iPad?

Thanks!
 
Apple_Robert said:
What file extension is the actual video file? The Infuse app can play Video_TS files.
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On my PC, clicking on any "IFO Other File (VLC)" (That's how it's listed under filetype) starts that chapter's video.

I tried Infuse too and it didn't support these files.

Thanks.
 
Newbert said:
On my PC, clicking on any "IFO Other File (VLC)" (That's how it's listed under filetype) starts that chapter's video.

I tried Infuse too and it didn't support these files.

Thanks.
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An IFO file is not a video file. It denotes the proper order of the menu or file being triggered by the user. In my opinion, your best best is to find a Windows program that can extract the individual video files from the DVD. Once that is done, you could use Infuse to play the files.
 
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Newbert said:
On my PC, clicking on any "IFO Other File (VLC)" (That's how it's listed under filetype) starts that chapter's video.

I tried Infuse too and it didn't support these files.

Thanks.
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It's not a video file but rather an information file for a movie DVD. It is not playable. An accompanying VOB file is required for the video.
 
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Newbert said:
Are there any iPad apps which will play transfered DVD files?

I have an (un-protected) exercise DVD which I legitimately purchased. It plays fine off of my D: (Hard Drive) of my Win10 computer. (It copied to the computer's hard drive just fine...)

I copied it's contents from there onto my iPad (into "Documents") , but apparently I don't have any app installed which supports the necessary filetypes (*.BUP; *.IFO; and *.VLC).

So are there any iPad apps which support these types of files so that I can view this DVD's contents on my iPad?

Thanks!
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You might find it easier to convert the DVD to MP4 files using a free tool like Handbrake. That way, the files will play with whatever video player you would like to use.
 
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Hmmm.... I think that I'll give Handbrake a try to convert the files to MP4. Thanks for that advice!
 
klasma said:
You van play VOB files from DVD rips with the VLC iOS app. These are the individual video files, you won't get DVD menus.
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Although I've got the files converted to MP4, I'll try this with the original VOB files as well.

Good info! Thanks!
 
klasma said:
You van play VOB files from DVD rips with the VLC iOS app. These are the individual video files, you won't get DVD menus.
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Can you be more specific as to which exact VLC app can play VOB files? The App Store lists a number of them when I search for "VLC" and the first one I tried wouldn't work with a VOB file.

Thanks again!
 
VideoLan is the best APP for playback, it plays every format I have thrown at it and it is a very small APP, not to mention it is free!

I also would like to add that VideoLan also plays all types of audio files, try to play a FLAC or other lossless file on your iOS device, VLC can do it.
 
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