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Try hosting your video files on a Plex media server paired with the Plex iOS app. No need to copy files to the iPad, Plex streaming works great even over 3G. Y
by xyzzyb 14y ago
Try hosting your video files on a Plex media server paired with the Plex iOS app.
No need to copy files to the iPad, Plex streaming works great even over 3G. You can register your server with myPlex then sign on Plex clients to make getting to your video collection super easy.
Custom video categories are fantastic for keeping track of programming screencasts. I just setup my Plex with Peepcode, Destroy All Software, and Railscasts categories and am very pleased with the setup. If I start watching a video on the Roku box on my TV, I can pick up where I left off on the iPad or my iPhone whether I'm at home or not.
- derefr 14y agoThat doesn't really solve for the parent's use-case of > It's actually the reason we stopped taking the laptop while away for the weekend. I just put a movie on the iPad for VLC and we are good to go. though. You'd need to bring something to run Plex on.
- xyzzyb 14y agoPlex runs on a computer at home. You then stream that computer's media over the Internet on the iPad/iPhone using the Plex app. To make things super-easy you can register your home Plex server on myPlex and sign into it using myPlex on the iPad/iPhone. Bam! No need to bring a computer OR move files to the device. You can even stream over 3G with pretty decent quality.
- adaml_623 14y agoI think the previous poster understood the technical details and was implying that internet access is not always there. Also a lot of people have limited mobile quotas so wouldn't want to use their 3G connection for streaming something.
- base698 14y agoThat works so well on an airplane without wifi, or a tent in a valley in the wilderness :)
- Terretta 14y ago> That works so well [in] a tent in a valley in the wilderness Much like a laptop.
- rytis 14y agoSome people go where there is no 3G/WiFi coverage. Sometimes it's also financially not feasible to do this (think roaming costs). Example - a ferry trip from UK to France. No 3G for about 1.5hrs, or in other words - no 3G for a average length movie.
- niels_olson 14y agoTry a month in Japan. Not even the same basebands. You want Internet? Get yourself a new device my friend!
- danssig 14y agoOr you can use AirVideo. It converts while it streams or you can have it just do the conversion and dump it in iTunes so it will sync to the ipad automatically for offline usage.
- xyzzyb 14y agoSure, but then you'll have to use up precious gigabytes for video storage. Via plex I have streaming access to my entire video library.
- blhack 14y agoThis isn't going to work at all on most airplanes.
- untog 14y agoIt's a nice idea, but it's not really going to work when you're on the move with spotty phone coverage (let alone on a plane). A solution involving local storage is a hundred times better.