In the summer at anchor, we usually use my main computer as a media station, but it drains my battery a lot, so we decided to try and use an old Ipad2 we have to watch films.
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In the summer at anchor, we usually use my main computer as a media station, but it drains my battery a lot, so we decided to try and use an old Ipad2 we have to watch films. The Ipad is so old we can't update it, we kept it around but can't use it for much(lots of apps are broken), but the screen is excellent.
We found a camera connection kit on Ebay (30-Pin Male to SD card) that we can use to transfer .mp4's onto the Ipad.
What's funny is that the Ipad won't read files on an SD card that doesn't follow the folder structure that's created when the card is used in a camera. The media file itself also needs an 8-digit name with sequential numbers/letters, like DCM_0001.mp4, for the Ipad to see it. The video then appears in Photos.
It's kinda weird and hacky, but whatever, it works, and we get to give an older device a purpose
I'm currently converting/compressing a bunch of movie files so we have stuff to watch this summer ^^!
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Our new-to-us media station :D!
My Macbook 2010 is currently acting as my video batch-processing station =^_____^=... lots and lots of files to convert.
It's nice, the conversion shrinks filesize significantly, we'll be able to store more data on our external hard drives
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The camera connection kit also includes a 30-pin male to USB converter, but the Ipad2's dock port won't accept flash drives that exceed 20mA of power.
Back in 2011, with the release of iOS 4.2, Apple crippled the camera connection kit by implementing a software limitation that dropped the power output from 100mA to 20mA
Plugging a 32GB flash drive would result in the Ipad complaining that the accessory was "using too much power," but connecting a flash drive via a USB hub inline, the Ipad2 sees the files and doesn't complain about the power
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