Gaz
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Registered: 24th Aug 03
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I've 3 seasons of Peppa Pig downloaded for my little lad when we go on longer car journeys, about 110 episodes all of which I want to throw into iTunes to sync onto an iPhone.
Whats the best way of doing this?
We have been streaming from amazon instant but realising that data charges will soon become an issue. We also thought about simply buying the episodes from iTunes, but this isn't an avenue we want to go down as it's about a tenner per season and we would have to buy them twice to have them on both mine and the mrs' phones.
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andy_mk3
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Registered: 18th Dec 11
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Program called Handbrake will transcode them to something itunes friendly.
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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Fuck that. I forget the exact name but there's an app called something like extreme movie player. It'll let you upload avis straight onto the iPad and play any codec.
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
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Vlc for ipad
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Balling
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Registered: 7th Apr 04
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quote:
Originally posted by Gaz
we would have to buy them twice to have them on both mine and the mrs' phones.
Why not just run the same account on both? My wife and I run one shared iTunes account to avoid paying twice for anything.
Obviously the other mentioned solutions makes more sense in this case.
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Gaz
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Registered: 24th Aug 03
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We used to run the same account but at the time she was downloading all sorts of absolute shite, and our contacts mixed which caused confusion if we had two contacts if the same name.
Another alternative would be to find a cheap screen which can play directly from a USB stick.
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Rob_Quads
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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You don't need to share an account to share apps. Thats exactly what HomeSharing is designed for. Sharing apps between the family.
I've shared all my apps to my wifes account - completely separate iTunes and phone accounts but the same paid apps.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by jamied
Vlc for ipad
Yup, grab VLC for iOS and then you can either upload using itunes or the built in web uploader.
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Balling
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Registered: 7th Apr 04
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quote:
Originally posted by Gaz
We used to run the same account but at the time she was downloading all sorts of absolute shite, and our contacts mixed which caused confusion if we had two contacts if the same name.
You can run separate iCloud accounts (contacts, calendar, backup etc) but the sam iTunes account (apps, music, video etc).
As for your missus downloading shit, just turn off automatic download of new purchases.
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Balling
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob_Quads
You don't need to share an account to share apps. Thats exactly what HomeSharing is designed for.
Home Sharing only works iTunes to iTunes, not iDevice to iDevice, unless I've missed something?
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Gaz
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Registered: 24th Aug 03
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The solution I've used is to download VLC for iOS, upload my series to Dropbox, download the episodes to VLC and then save locally to my device (space limited so selected episodes manually)
Quite simple in the end, and free! Thanks for all of your help.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Gaz
The solution I've used is to download VLC for iOS, upload my series to Dropbox, download the episodes to VLC and then save locally to my device (space limited so selected episodes manually)
Quite simple in the end, and free! Thanks for all of your help.
Why not tranfer locally using the built in web upload or itunes? Saves fannying around with dropbox.
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Rob_Quads
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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quote:
Originally posted by Balling
quote:
Originally posted by Rob_Quads
You don't need to share an account to share apps. Thats exactly what HomeSharing is designed for.
Home Sharing only works iTunes to iTunes, not iDevice to iDevice, unless I've missed something?
Correct it does but nothing to stop you signing into the AppStore on the other phone to download your apps and then letting her sign back in. Works perfectly if you can't do it via iTunes
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A2H GO
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Registered: 14th Sep 04
Location: Stoke
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Until you need to update the app and can't or sync and they all disappear.
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Rob_Quads
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When you need to update it prompts for the owners password i.e. my password so I just put it in. If she's updating other apps then you click cancel it leaves the old version and just carrys on
Not had a single problem of an app disappearing from the wifes phone that I purchased
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