Watch Movies On Ipad Network Drive

Connect the drive to your ipad and open the photos app.

Watch movies on ipad network drive. While the ipad is a great device for listening to music or watching movies and tv shows one feature that it s missing is the ability to stream music and video to it from an itunes library on. Free movie streaming app is a must for ipad users who love to watch the free videos offline or online on ipad. Open files tap more locations below locations in the browse sidebar then turn on the service.

It supports streaming from smb ftp upnp dlna media servers and the web as well as file synchronization with dropbox google drive onedrive box icloud drive and itunes. Make sure this folder is on the root of the drive not inside another folder. After you ve downloaded content use these steps to work with pretty familiar playback tools to play it.

The innocuously named filebrowser is an ipad app which lets you access files on your computer over the local network or the internet. This is a function shared by roughly one zillion other apps in. To use home sharing on your ipad you must be both connected to the same network as your computer.

Once imported unplug the drive from your ipad if desired not necessary. Wait for a prompt to import your media. One useful new option is the ability to connect to a server or network attached storage.

It uses your local network s wi fi connection to discover servers and stream media. Download the app from the app store then open the app and follow the onscreen instructions. Tap the movies podcast or tv shows tab depending on which you want to watch.

If your ipad isn t connected to the internet you ll slide the wi fi switch right to the on position then select your home network. Download vlc for mobile from the ios app store. Select the movies you want to copy to your ipad.