Transcode or Convert Videos Using iOS So You Can Use Formats Like MKVs, AVIs, DIVXs, XVIDs, and MPGs in Apps (Keynote, iMovie, etc.)

On this site you can learn how to work with video in your iOS Keynote and iMovie projects. Using content from YouTube and Vimeo, importing iPod friendly video files from the web and mail... have all been covered. But in reality most video people will send you won't be iPod friendly (a .mp4 file), so what do you do with .avi, .wmv, .mpg, etc. files? On a desktop you would convert them into something you can use, and that is what we will do here. The following shows you how to convert general video file formats into mp4 videos (using only an iPhone/iPad). In addition the converted movies will be automatically transferred into your devices camera roll, so they are ready to be included into your Keynote presentation or iMovie project.

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Transfer Data (Sound) from an Audio Recorder to an Editor on the iPad

There are several ways to use your iPad to record audio, but lately I have found that I need my iPad to do other things (like as a prompting system). An audio recorder (the Zoom H4N or Tascam DR-07MK2) offers high quality, portable audio capture. These small, battery powered, devices can be placed close to the source and are great independent backups to the mics on a video camera. That doesn't mean the iPad is out for audio though. There are great audio tools on iOS, so here is how you get the best of both worlds.

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Web-Based Method to Download and Save YouTube Videos to Your iPhone/iPad's Camera Roll

Apps that download and save YouTube videos are common for good reason--Google discourages them. If you can't find an app, here is a method that by-passes the problem.

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Save a Keynote Presentation on the iPad to YouTube

Watching the Today in iPad podcast, a viewer asked for help converting his Keynote presentation to Quicktime (a Mac video format) in order to upload it to YouTube. He is a teacher and wants his students to be able to see his lessons from home. Various solutions mostly involving using a desktop were proposed, but it got me thinking of iPad only methods. On a desktop, creating a screencast of the presentation would accomplish our goals. A screencast, or screen sharing, has a computer save the output of the computer display to disk, often also including audio from a microphone. This creates a video perfect for demonstrating computer tasks. We need an App that lets us do this. Lucky for us that App exists (a couple actually). See how to output your Keynote presentation to Youtube using only the iPad.

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Save Video from Mail to Your iPad/iPhone's Camera Roll

Yesterday a friend asked my how to save a video from an email to her iPod touch's camera roll. The video plays, so it supported and everything--it would be just more convenient if it was with the rest of her videos. The video would be more useful too since then she could use it in other apps like iMovie, Keynote, etc. The solution is so simple it took me a couple hours to think of it while I was driving home.

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Save Internet Videos from Sites Like Vimeo and Daily Motion to Your iPad/iPhone's Camera Roll

Having the ability to save videos to your Camera Roll is very useful since iOS then lets you use the footage as if you shot it yourself. You can edit it iMovie, add it to your Keynote presentations, use it in any app that is willing to use it. So it was a big blow when I discovered that Apple had pulled the TubeBox app, which I used to save YouTube videos to my camera roll.

I immediately went on a quest to find a replacement app (not for me--my copy of TubeBox still works--but for you), but I wasn't expecting success since I know YouTube doesn't like downloader apps on the desktop much less mobile. Google, what happened to being so open? Unfortunately the results are that YouTube is still out but I did find an app that works with vimeo and Daily Motion.

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Save the Audio from a YouTube Video as a MP3 in iOS

There are a lot of music video on YouTube, and I'm told that kids today mostly discover new music there. Having that music as a MP3 can be very useful (although if you want to put it in your music library you will have to use your desktop to save the MP3 to iTunes). Here is how you do it using your iPad/iPhone/iPod touch.

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