How to Stream Video to Your iPad

The holidays have calmed down and you finally have some time to spend with your new iPad. Buying an iPad is easy, using it is another story. Streaming video to your iPad will open up a whole new world of media heaven and offer endless possibilities without clogging your hard drive. It is easy and I'll tell you how to do it.

Watching video on your iPad can be one of the coolest functions of the gadget. Viewing media on the iPad has never been clearer but what if you have a big movie collection? Sure you can upload the movies to your iPad through iTunes but the limited space will clog your iPad hard drive quick. The solution is easy. Stream your movies from your computer to your iPad without having to download them and take him hard drive space.

There are a few different iPad apps that you can use to stream your media but the Stream ToMe app seems to be the most popular. Stream ToMe is not free but for $3 it is one of the best bargains when you consider what you get and the amount of hard drive space you will save for a few measly bucks.

Once you purchase Stream ToMe you need to then download the server companion, Serve ToMe (how cute right?). Once downloaded, open Serve ToMe. Select the folders you wish to share from your computer. Obviously your computer needs to be a network which is accessible through your iPad.

Now that Seve ToMe is open, launch Stream ToMe from your iPad. Find the computer which houses the hard drive you wish to share and tap it. Once in, search through the folders and find the media of your choice. Open it and enjoy.

Notice I didn't mention music much at all here. That is because Stream ToMe is not a great music utility. Playing music in Stream ToMe can be a bit frustrating as the program stops after every song. You can't play a playlist or multiple songs. If you want to hear one song, fine. If you want a jukebox, forget it. Streaming video on the other hand is not a problem since most movies are at least 90 minutes.

There are some limitations. Protected video from the iTunes Store won't play on Stream ToMe. On the flip side, Stream ToMe offers playback on a ton of different video types including; MOV, FLV, MP4, AVI, MPG, MKV, and WMV.

For $3 you can't beat it if you are looking to stream movies. If you are looking to stream music I'd recommend a different app like ZumoCast.

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How to Convert AVC-Camera HD Video M2TS-MTS to Play on iPad

iPad, is Apple's new tablet computer that released on January 27, 2010. It's realy cool to experience the web, email, photos and video with Wi-Fi iPad or Wi-Fi +3G iPad. However, iPad supported media formats are limited, such as MP4, MOV, H.264 Video files and MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF audio. You can see the SPECS as follow:

1. H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in.m4v,.mp4, and.mov file formats;

2. 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, 48kHz, stereo audio in.m4v,.mp4, and.mov file formats;

3. 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.

Meanwhile, you are HD videos fans and want to watch your HD masterpieces captured by AVCHD camcorders on your magical iPad. So how to watch AVCHD videos with file xtensions M2TS (after import to computer), MTS(on camcorder) to iPad? Doremisoft AVCHD to iPad Converter helps you convert AVCHD video file to iPad formats MP4, MOV, H.264, MP3, AAC, WAV etc.

Mac AVCHD to iPad Converter has powerful converting functions to transfer HD videos to SD (Standard Definition) format or SD to HD like MPEG2-HD, MPEG4-HD, H.264-HD and more. Furthermore, AVCHD to iPad Converter for Mac also makes you to edit M2TS videos as you want, including trim/clip HD camera record video size, crop/remove dislike parts, merge/join different videos into one, capture/take still pictures save as JPG, adjust/modify background effect.

Quick guide how to convert AVCHD M2TS/MTS to iPad compatible formats.

Step1: Install and run AVCHD to iPad Converter.

Step2: Add AVCHD M2TS/MTS file your HD video camera to your computer.

Step3: Choose Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4) as the output format.

Tip1: You would click "Settings" to customize output parameters like resolution ratio (640×480 and 1280*720), bit rate, frame rate, encoder, etc for iPad video.

Tip2: Click Clip or Edit for editing your avchd videos.

Step4: Click "Start" button and AVCHD M2TS/MTS to iPad conversion will start immediately.

Tip3: After conversion, you can import the converted video to iPad with iTunes. Just open iTunes and click "File" to load your MP4 video into iTunes library.
Reference: http://hdconverterformac.com/article-avchd-video/convert-avchd-mts-m2ts-to-ipad-mac.html

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Upload Photo and Video to the Apple iPad With Camera Connection Kit

There are a few things missing from the Apple iPad that still remain a mystery and paramount among them is the omission of a digital card reader. Digital photography has exploded in recent years, and now almost everyone has access to a camera of some sort, whether a standalone camera or on a cellphone. Anyone that can afford an iPad would almost certainly have access to a digital camera of some sort.

You would think with a device like the iPad there would be a multi-card reader included, but Apple, Inc. has seen it fit to omit it, possibly leaving it for a future upgraded feature. Did anyone say iPad 2? What they have done though is create a market for (unfortunately) relatively expensive solutions to the 'vacuum' created by Apple's omissions. One of them is the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit.

This iPad camera connection kit allows you to import your photos and videos through your USB cable (not included) or directly through the popular SD card. As such, the kit comes with two connectors:

1 Camera USB Connector

2 SD Card Reader.

The camera connector allows connection to a video camera to upload your videos to your iPad and the SD card reader allows transfer of photos from your digital camera for storage and viewing on your iPad. Both use the iPad's dock attachment for synchronising.

For the SD card reader, after you attach the SD card connection kit to the iPad, insert the SD card and the iPad's photo app will generate thumbnails (that are unfortunately non-adjustable in size) and you can then choose which ones to import. You cannot enlarge and inspect the previews before deciding whether or not to import and if you have many images on the card and you only want to quickly view a few, it gets rather bothersome.

A big plus is the support for both JPEG and RAW files. The JPEG format is compressed with white balance, sharpness, saturation, brightness, contrast and other adjustments made by the camera's internal software. Professional photographers use the large RAW files to edit photos from scratch to their preference. These files have no compression or camera adjustments, so being able to view these files on the iPad is a bonus for photo aficionados.

After all that is said and done the devices do their jobs well, allowing you to store your files for future use. The SD card reader would be a perfect 'in the field' device, allowing you to store your photos on the iPad and then when you go home and attach your iPad to your computer, you can transfer the files for editing. If you are not a pro and you just want to store your photos on your iPad, the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit is also perfect for you.

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