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    From Tony T@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Dec 26 14:21:15 2024
    I have a relative over for the holidays who wants to watch movies on her
    iPad and all I have are Windows computers to get ripped DVDs onto it.





    She wants to watch about a dozen old movies like "It's a Wonderful Life" & "Harvey" & "The Maltese Falcon" & "The African Queen" & "Wizard of Oz" &
    "To Kill a Mockingbird" & "Arsenic and Old Lace" & "Casablanca" & so on.





    When I plugged in the USB it doesn't work like Android where you can just
    copy the ripped DVD onto the TF card. There's no TF on her iPad and all
    Windows can see is the iPad DCIM directory which is only outgoing transfer.




    How do you copy lots of movies using the USB cable from Windows to iPad?

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  • From sticks@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Dec 26 14:26:54 2024
    On 12/25/2024 9:21 PM, Tony T wrote:
    I have a relative over for the holidays who wants to watch movies on her
    iPad and all I have are Windows computers to get ripped DVDs onto it.

    She wants to watch about a dozen old movies like "It's a Wonderful Life" & "Harvey" & "The Maltese Falcon" & "The African Queen" & "Wizard of Oz" &
    "To Kill a Mockingbird" & "Arsenic and Old Lace" & "Casablanca" & so on.

    When I plugged in the USB it doesn't work like Android where you can just copy the ripped DVD onto the TF card. There's no TF on her iPad and all Windows can see is the iPad DCIM directory which is only outgoing transfer.

    How do you copy lots of movies using the USB cable from Windows to iPad?

    iTunes

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  • From Newyana2@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Dec 26 22:55:01 2024
    On 12/25/2024 10:21 PM, Tony T wrote:
    I have a relative over for the holidays who wants to watch movies on her
    iPad and all I have are Windows computers to get ripped DVDs onto it.





    She wants to watch about a dozen old movies like "It's a Wonderful Life" & "Harvey" & "The Maltese Falcon" & "The African Queen" & "Wizard of Oz" &
    "To Kill a Mockingbird" & "Arsenic and Old Lace" & "Casablanca" & so on.


    I don't know anything about iPads, but some of those movies should
    be at archive.org due to being out of copyright.

    But if you have them on Windows, with a 42" screen, why
    would she want to watch them on a rinky dink tablet?

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  • From knuttle@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Dec 27 00:17:35 2024
    On 12/25/2024 10:21 PM, Tony T wrote:
    I have a relative over for the holidays who wants to watch movies on her
    iPad and all I have are Windows computers to get ripped DVDs onto it.

    She wants to watch about a dozen old movies like "It's a Wonderful Life" & "Harvey" & "The Maltese Falcon" & "The African Queen" & "Wizard of Oz" &
    "To Kill a Mockingbird" & "Arsenic and Old Lace" & "Casablanca" & so on.

    When I plugged in the USB it doesn't work like Android where you can just copy the ripped DVD onto the TF card. There's no TF on her iPad and all Windows can see is the iPad DCIM directory which is only outgoing transfer.


    How do you copy lots of movies using the USB cable from Windows to iPad?
    Depending on your TV you can project directly from the Iphone to the TV.
    I do it all of the time with my Windows Computer. I project the
    videos that I have downloaded from my Trail Camera.

    I know my daughter who has an Iphone has projected things on her phone
    to my TV.

    I have an older Samsung TV, but I believe that any TV that is considered Smart, can connect directly to your computer

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  • From Paul@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Dec 27 01:49:15 2024
    On Thu, 12/26/2024 6:55 AM, Newyana2 wrote:
    On 12/25/2024 10:21 PM, Tony T wrote:
    I have a relative over for the holidays who wants to watch movies on her
    iPad and all I have are Windows computers to get ripped DVDs onto it.





    She wants to watch about a dozen old movies like "It's a Wonderful Life" & >> "Harvey" & "The Maltese Falcon" & "The African Queen" & "Wizard of Oz" &
    "To Kill a Mockingbird" & "Arsenic and Old Lace" & "Casablanca" & so on.


    ÿ I don't know anything about iPads, but some of those movies should
    be at archive.org due to being out of copyright.

    ÿ But if you have them on Windows, with a 42" screen, why
    would she want to watch them on a rinky dink tablet?

    You would think setting up a server and streaming the movie
    to the iPad would be as easy.

    Windows Media Player Legacy (WMP) streaming server mode ==> iPad

    VLC streaming server mode ==================================> iPad

    Something like that.

    And for dessert, one of these.

    https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/UPnP-Inspector

    If your streaming server is mysterious, that thing
    can list the file tree on the streaming server. On one
    occasion, it gave me the name of the top of the tree,
    and that was enough to figure out what to access on
    the Client program for playback.

    My Windows 10 setup on the FiveFan machine has put up
    the "Get Windows 11" Band across the screen, so I can't
    use the machine at the moment.

    Paul

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  • From Newyana2@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Dec 27 01:54:46 2024
    On 12/26/2024 9:49 AM, Paul wrote:

    My Windows 10 setup on the FiveFan machine has put up
    the "Get Windows 11" Band across the screen, so I can't
    use the machine at the moment.


    Suffering in the service of humanity?

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  • From mick@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Dec 27 06:33:21 2024
    On 26/12/2024 03:21:15, Tony T wrote:
    I have a relative over for the holidays who wants to watch movies on her
    iPad and all I have are Windows computers to get ripped DVDs onto it.





    She wants to watch about a dozen old movies like "It's a Wonderful Life" & "Harvey" & "The Maltese Falcon" & "The African Queen" & "Wizard of Oz" &
    "To Kill a Mockingbird" & "Arsenic and Old Lace" & "Casablanca" & so on.





    When I plugged in the USB it doesn't work like Android where you can just copy the ripped DVD onto the TF card. There's no TF on her iPad and all Windows can see is the iPad DCIM directory which is only outgoing transfer.




    How do you copy lots of movies using the USB cable from Windows to iPad?

    I use FE File Explorer Pro ($4.99) installed on the iPad to transfer
    files to and from Windows machines via wifi. No usb cable needed.

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  • From Paul@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Dec 27 10:25:08 2024
    On Thu, 12/26/2024 9:54 AM, Newyana2 wrote:
    On 12/26/2024 9:49 AM, Paul wrote:

    My Windows 10 setup on the FiveFan machine has put up
    the "Get Windows 11" Band across the screen, so I can't
    use the machine at the moment.


    ÿ Suffering in the service of humanity?

    I thought that thing had completed its mission
    and gone back to base, but I guess not.

    Why can the software not sniff the machine and see
    there is a Windows 11 partition already on it ?
    changing the W10 partition to w11 would give two
    W11 partitions. Then I would hear everything in stereo.

    Paul

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