Add videos to your library, Control playback

Add videos to your library

Buy or rent videos on the iTunes Store. Tap Store in the Videos app, or open the iTunes Store app on iPad and tap Movies or TV Shows. Videos you purchase are available on iPad and on your other iOS devices or computers using the same Apple ID. The iTunes Store is not available in all areas. See Chapter 22, iTunes Store, on page 91.

Transfer videos from your computer. Connect iPad, then sync videos from iTunes on your computer. See Sync with iTunes on page 17.

Stream videos from your computer to iPad. Turn on Home Sharing in iTunes on your computer. Then, on iPad, go to Settings > Videos and enter the Apple ID and password you use for Home Sharing on your computer. Then open Videos on iPad and tap Shared at the top of the list

of videos.

Convert a video to work with iPad. If you try to sync a video from iTunes and a message says the video can’t play on iPad, try converting the video. Select the video in iTunes on your computer and choose File > Create New Version > Create iPad or Apple TV Version. Then sync the converted video to iPad.

Delete a video from iPad. Tap Edit in the upper right of your collection, then tap on the video thumbnail. If you don’t see the Edit button, look for on your video thumbnails—those videos haven’t been downloaded to iPad, so you can’t delete them. To delete an individual episode of a series, tap the series, then swipe left on the episode in the Episodes list.

Deleting a video (other than a rented movie) from iPad doesn’t delete it from the iTunes library on your computer of from your purchased videos in iCloud, and you can sync the video or download it to iPad again later. If you don’t want to sync a deleted video back to iPad, set iTunes to not sync the video. See Sync with iTunes on page 17.

Important: If you delete a rented movie from iPad, it’s deleted permanently and cannot be transferred back to your computer.

Control playback

Drag to adjust the volume.

Drag to skip forward or back.

Tap to show or hide the controls.

Select audio language, subtitles, or closed captions.

Watch on a

TV with

Apple TV.

42 is available on iTunes.

Scale the video to fill the screen or fit to the screen. Tap or . Or double-tap the video. If you don’t see the scaling controls, your video already fits the screen perfectly.

Chapter 16    Videos

ME281LL/A, ME997LL/A, MD366EA, ME898LL/A, MD789LL/A specifications

The Apple MD510LL/A, MD528LL/A, MD512LL/A, MD330LL/A, and MD513LL/A represent a suite of devices from Apple that have contributed significantly to the landscape of mobile technology. Each model, while serving similar purposes, has its unique set of features and characteristics that cater to different user needs.

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