Wednesday, 8 January 2014

How To Play Unsupported Video Formats On iPad

Individuals who like to watch videos and movies have several alternatives these days as to where they can do so on the go. Media players, mobile phones, portable gaming systems, and tablets let you watch videos wherever and anytime you wish to. The iPad is one of the finest portable computing and multimedia gadgets that we have nowadays. One of the differentiating features of the iPad is its large screen, which makes it a great device for video and movie aficionados. The latest iPad model also has retina display, which means videos look clearer, more vivid, and more lifelike. Even the text on video subtitles look clearer thanks to the retina display. Newer iPad models also include faster chips which make it possible for the said gadgets to deliver excellent graphics performance without draining the battery quickly, and that means you can watch entire movies without issues. Its extremely fast Wi-Fi and reliable cellular data connections also let you watch video clips from YouTube and other sites. If you have movies or videos on your laptop, you can also transfer them to your iPad.
Videos are available in different formats. iPad can play videos in H.264, and MPEG-4 in.m4v,.mp4, and.mov file formats. If you have videos in those formats, you can easily add them to your iTunes library and sync them to your iPad. However, there are other well known formats which cannot be readily played on iPad. As an example, an iPad does not support DVD format movies because it lacks the hardware and codecs to read such. Other popular but unsupported formats include FLV, WMV, and AVI. Fortunately, there are numerous video converters out there which provide you with a means to enjoy video and movie formats that are not supported.
In order to change videos and movies to an iPad friendly format, you must have a computer and video conversion software which can be found online. There are many video converters to choose from. There are DVD to iPad converters for Mac and Windows PCs, but they often convert files in the same way. Firstly, you have to add the file you need to convert.
Some applications allow you to add files by merely dragging them to the application's UI. After that, you will choose your output format. To make it easy for users, many conversion program make it possible for you to select from a list of gizmos instead of file formats. You can also modify video parameters, such as resolution and frame rate. As soon as the videos are converted, you can transfer them to your iTunes library.