itunes and importing?

[trellaine]

Sorry I am not sure where to put this thread/question.

I am leaving for a week and want to load up my ipad with a few movies.

I have VLC installed on my ipad as well AVplayerHD.

How do I input my movies into itunes?

It seems like many movies I cant import into the library.

I thought these players accept almost all files.

Doing something wrong?

Thank u

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Apple states these as supported video formats for their iPads:

iPad with Retina Display

Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG‑4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

iPad mini

Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG‑4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

And as iTunes is tailored to those formats and codecs, your videos need to be using those formats and codecs.

HandBrake has a preset for the iPad in order for you to transcode the videos you have to a format iTunes understands.

As you have VLC and AVplayerHD installed on your iPad, you need other methods to transfer the files to the iPad, there are some options in the App Store to transfer files via USB and WiFi without the use of iTunes.