It sucks, I know, it should just plug and play and work but the OS is the thing giving you the problem. I know it isn't the answer you are looking for and it technically should just work, but it seems that the biggest issue you are facing is that you are running an older OS.
And hey, no 3rd party software and its technically free.Īlso, if you plug your iPad into your friends machine and iTunes opens, just close it, you won't be needing to use iTunes in order to do any of this. Also, you should bring a flash drive/external hard drive with you in order to leave with the video. You will be able to plug in the iPad into these more up-to-date OS having machines and use Windows Photo Transfer or iPhoto on the Mac. Now, the easiest way to get those videos off in my opinion, which you might not like, is to take your iPad over to a friends/family/coworkers house that has a computer running Windows 7 64bit or a Mac with Snow Leopard or later (Don't forget to bring your transfer cable too). bmike is right in what he is saying about the youtube file size limit when uploading from your iPad. Second, there isn't anything wrong with your iPad. I have not run into any issues with transferring large videos from my iPad or iPhone on my Mac or my Windows 7 Machine, everything just comes over as smooth as butter.
There seems to be some kind of file size limit that has to do with your version of Windows and your file system. The first is that you are on Windows XP, an operating system that Microsoft will be discontinuing support for soon, especially since Windows 7 is a big success and Windows 8 is on the way. It is possible, but you are going to have to accept a few things in order to get things done. Ok, there is a way to get those videos off. This is working smoothly where drag and drop copying stalled or refused to copy the larger MOV files, over 550 MB in my case though the iPad showed 3.8 GB free space.
That will take a while too.Ĭheck the PC folder and play it from there to check it. Now use the Save As and save it to a folder on your PC. When it displays on screen, give it a short play to check it. Use the Open File and open a MOV from the iPad. The one I connect comes up with a drive icon that looks like a snapshot camera without a drive letter. You might have to wait for the iPad to show up in your drive explorer.
Maybe you need Pro for that Save As feature. Get yourself QuickTime installed on the Windows PC. Maybe late in the day for some but anyone else landing here might find my solution handy. This seems like something XP should be able to do as long as the destination drive is has a healthy filesystem and you're not exceeing any file size limits. iOS: Importing personal photos and videos from iOS devices to your computerĪlso - check that your quicktime is updated and that you try transfering the file to an external drive with enough free space.
Do you have any digital camera software that you could try? If not, simply head to the Apple support article that explains how to transfer these files by navigating directly to them when you connect your iPad.
This means you can use your choice of transfer software to grab the movie when you connect it without needing iTunes or any other Apple help. The second is likely a Windows filesize (or perhaps transfer software limitation) since iOS exposes the camera roll to computers as a camera DCIM folder. I don't have a hard limit, but it's been known for a while that past 5 minutes on most iOS devices, either the youtube API or the software declines to transfer a movie as a direct upload. The first is the iOS file size limit uploading to youtube. You will get lots of answers since basically two things are conspiring to prevent you from grabbing the file. Is it really impossible to get a ~20 minute video from my iPad 2 to YouTube or my own computer without the use of 3rd party software? I thought this thing was supposed to "just work."
So what can I do to put this video on YouTube? I have replicated this problem with another iPad 2 and another Windows XP computer and it appears that others have had this problem go unsolved from other discussion boards. Mind you I am doing the drag and drop method, not using the Windows Camera Wizard which has issues with large files. The file appears to transfer after a few minutes of copying, however the file is always 0 bytes so it doesn't actually work.