[Tutorial] Watch 1080P HD Movies on iPad for Mac user

It’s wonderful to enjoy movies on iPad, because it’s so portable that we can take it anywhere, but the iPad  supported formats are limited , let’s have a look!

The iPad playable video & movie formats:
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;

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;

Audio formats supported: HE-AAC (V1), AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV.

According to the list, We know iPad can’t play 1080P HD video files, iTunes won’t even let you copy them to the iPad from your Mac Computer, The Best easiest solution way is to downrez or convert 1080P HD video to 720P video using Mac Video Converter. Here is a tutorial will show you a really easy solution to convert 1080P HD videos(.MTS, .M2TS, .MKV) to iPad in full screen for great enjoyment.

a, Free download Foxreal iPad Movie Converter for Mac, install and run it.

b, Directly drag/drop your 1080P HD Movies to the Mac iPad converter program.

As you see, there are different video formats for iPad, like iPad Video H.264 (*.mp4), iPad HD Video (*.mp4), iPad Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4). Which is the best video format for iPad? Do not worry. iPad Video H.264 (*.mp4) with 768*576 resolution at 30fps is recommended here

c, Convert video to iPad Video H.264 MP4

Once all the settings are completed, you could click “Convert” to start converting video to MP4 for iPad. Only several minutes, you can get iPad formats from the output folder with high quality.

e, Transfer video on iPad

If you don’t know how to put and play video on iPad, just follow the steps to realize it:
1) Make sure you have install iTunes. If not, you can free download iTunes here: : http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ at first. And launch the iTunes.
2) Connect iPad to Mac/PC.
3) Choose “File – > Add File to Library…”
4) Drag the .mp4 file you want to the iPad icon

Then, you could play 1080P HD Movies on iPad anywhere anytime! Hopefully the article will be of great help for you.

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