Help needed!!!!!!

[AppleBMW&Lakers]

Hey guys, I need some urgent help with my iPad 2 and converting movies. I tried to find some early posts but none of them helped. I am going on a long road trip and I want to put a couple of the season of "The Office" on my iPad 2, 32 GB. They have been downloaded from a torrent and I don't know what the file type is. I get them to play my iMac with VLC player, but how do convert them to play on iTunes and thus syncing them onto my iPad. As always thanks for all the help, I appreciate it.

 

[jaseone]

I really want to help you but pirating is a big no no around here.

 

[AppleTech22]

The best program for converting videos on the mac that is free in my opinion is MPEG Streamclip. I don't know about ripping tho

EDIT: Here's the link for ya http://www.squared5.com/

 

[verwon]

You don't even know how to view the file and see what type it is?

 

[LanEvo]

Use GPlayer Lite my man, it plays almost all video files and the app is free. If you do not want to do that, use AnyVideoConverter program, it's free and works really well.

 

[Tritons]

use Handbrake to convert them from any format to format that can be played on iPad.

 

[AppleBMW&Lakers]

Yeah it is bad to dl stuff, but I honestly got my stuff from friends and I am a newb compared to them...let me try all of these suggestions, thanks for your time everyonr!!

the files are avi

 

[LanEvo]

the files are avi

GPlayer Lite, no need to convert just download app, load onto iPad and play.

 

[palpatine]

Yeah it is bad to dl stuff, but I honestly got my stuff from friends and I am a newb compared to them...let me try all of these suggestions, thanks for your time everyonr!!

oh. you got stolen stuff from your friends? then it is ok.

 

[Daforce]

oh. you got stolen stuff from your friends? then it is ok.

i chuckled when i read this..nice one
honestly now you shouldn't rip or download stuff..many people put a lot of effort and should be payed..if it was you in their place you would want to get payed right?

 

[ProwlingTiger]

Handbrake all the way. Just use the predefined iPad preset and you should be good.

 

[ZZ Bottom]

Handbrake works perfectly for legal backups...

In my opinion Handbrake is easier to figure out than MpegStreamclip. Just choose source (original file) and choose compression type on right side (just pick the iPad preset).

www.handbrake.fr <-- official website.

 

[jaseone]

Good player using iTunes File Sharing via USB is great to play such files without having to convert them, you can copy over wifi via FTP or http too but that takes forever for big files.

 

[saberahul]

For your reference, ______ coverts files (sorry I wrote it but then realized you pirated the videos so I took it off). Do note though that pirating is illegal and will end up costing you sooner or later. My 2¢. BTW, is it really that much money to buy it? Seriously...

 

[pathaymom]

I put all my video tapes (home movies) onto DVD's and now I want to convert them

So that I can use them in iMovie and then convert them for my iPad. How do I do that?

Thanks

Annmarie

 

[ZZ Bottom]

So that I can use them in iMovie and then convert them for my iPad. How do I do that?

Thanks

Annmarie

Are you looking to edit them in iMovie (Mac version, not iOS)? Or are you just interested in converting them as is?

To be able to edit the files in iMovie they will need to be transcoded into the proper format. MPEGStreamclip is a suitable program to do this, but I believe you need to purchase the 20$ codec from apple for QuickTime. MpegStreamclip doesn't include it because it isn't open source. Google this process to find out specific procedures.

If you just want your home DVDs transcoded to files for the iPad, then use Handbrake and forget about iMovie. This won't allow you to trim video or and effects, etc; but it will be quick and easy. The reason you can't use Handbrake to prepare videos for iMovie is because it transcoded into formats (.m4v, .mkv) that are not intended for editing. Those formats would stress the processor too much in real time editing, so apple chose to not support it in iMovie.

One more thing... If your home DVDs are the "mini" kind, and you have a mini DVD camcorder, you can connect it to a Mac with iMovie 11' and directly capture the footage using iMovie (without needing mpegstreamclip and the QuickTime codec).

 

[pathaymom]

Thanks so much

I used handbrake and its great. Then I found another app to convert them to QuickTime and now they are in iMovie! Thanks so much

 

[Agent-P]

Another option to play them without converting is OPlayerHD Lite. I used it recently to watch the first season of White Collar on a 17 hour flight (all .mkv format). It worked beautifully.