How to play video from android on iPad
As you might know, Android phones and iPad run two total different operating systems. Android devices are developed by Google while iPad is by Apple – the two companies are competing in almost everything in their product lines, including operating systems, phone systems, media centers, computers and more. So, wanna play videos from your old android on iPad? Well, you’d better make sure the android video is playable on iPad, say, the format is compatible with the iOS device, the resolution, and video codec and more all meet the requirements of iPad. Of course, no video on your Android should have no DRM protection. Have no idea about those complex things? Don’t worry, here you can get a simple solution to play video from Android on iPad:
If the Android files are protected, you’ll need remove it first, after that, make sure the video is saved in MP4 and is compressed by H.264 or MPEG-4. (To get the detailed requirements about iPad video playback, you can go to Apple iPad tech sepc.) Well, if not, you then need convert Android to iPad with a helpful video converter. The one used here is iSkysoft video converter for Mac, which can convert almost any video in popular formats like AVI, WMV, MP4 etc. and provides some great presets for iPad, iPhone, iPod, iMovie, HTC, Motorola and more which would simplify your conversion. For example, if you need convert Android to iPad and adjust those video settings including resolution, you can directly choose IPad preset. Here the detailed guide follows (take HTC for example):
1. Connect your HTC to Mac
2. Transfer the Android video to your Mac
3. Download and install the Android to iPad Mac app
After the installation of the Video Converter for Mac, launch it. Then add your videos to the converter:
a. Directly drag and drop your video files to the Mac app
b. Or head to File menu and choose” Add Video/Audio files” option to load your android video files.
4. Select the iPad preset offered
Click the format icon then you can see the format dropdown list where you can click Apple device and choose iPad icon. The iPad preset has set the resolution, format, bite rate, video codec etc. according to the iPad requirements, so you needn’t adjust them by yourself.
5. Start to convert Android to iPad
Click Convert button on the interface to start the conversion.
6. Import the output files to iTunes and sync to your iPad.
Now you can see the video appears on the iPad media library. Tap on it to play. Enjoy yourself.