How to copy existing movie files on ipad to watch?
- by Rob Van Dam
I have an iPad and a desktop running Ubuntu 12.04 with lots of movie files of various formats (avi, mp4, m4v, etc).
Is it possible to transfer those files from within linux directly to the iPad (without using iTunes to sync) over USB and then play those movies on the iPad without reformatting/resizing all of them?
I've used iTunes in a Windows XP virtualbox instance with other iOS mobile devices before but I would prefer a pure linux approach if possible.
(I'm creating this question so that I can share the solution I found because I failed to find a simple, satisfactory answer elsewhere).