Probably not the best forum for this but I know Karl hangs out here more than the other forums. 
Ok, can the SWA X2 video be loaded and watched on the iPad as easily as the groove3 videos?
If not, is there a way and how. 
Not at home to try so hoping someone here has done it already 

Thanks,
Mike 

I'm not Karl, but equally handsome.

I have no experience in how easy it is to put the Groove3 vids on an iPad but I know this: The iPad can only play iThingy formatted files from the default video player. If you download to GoodPlayer or simmilar apps then you can play other formates as well, however. Some streaming apps (from NAS disks) can also stream other filetypes. But if you want to store the video on the iPad and use the built in video player then you need to convert them to the appropriate format if the SWA isn't delivered in iFormatedvideo already.

I use a software from Xilisoft which is really quick and easy and cost only $19 dollars IIRC, but I know there are other software that are just as good and free. (Handbrake I think?)

When the file is converted you simply sync it up to your device and off you go.

I'm not Karl, but equally handsome.

  


With groove3 they give you mp4 files that you just drag and drop into iTunes then hit sync.
I hope SWA is as easy.


Mike

Hi Mike..... I'll try and answer the question but I don't have an ipad so I don't actually *know* the answer.

The finished video that I have is in m4v format. Since then I'm fairly sure that it was split into chapter sized files rather than one large one, or was at least on the SWA site.

I think rather than give you duff gen I'll contact Chris at SWA and link him to this thread so you can get an answer from the horses mouth (so to speak - not calling you a horse Chris... ).

Hopefully he'll have a factually correct answer for you rather than my best guessing.

The SWA videos work great on the iPad, all nicely broken up into chapters from which you can easily select any of them to view.

Karl did a nice job, btw, and although I've been using Sonar/Cakewalk for the past two decades (since the floppy disk days) I still found a few things I didn't know, especially as I had not used the X series as much (while completing my album I tended to stick with 8.5.3 and only delved into X1 occasionally).

My recommendation:  buy the SWA videos, drag the files on your iPad, and you'll be happy you did.

HTH

Thanks for the accurate answer Peter, and the recommendation.

Thanks for buying it and I'm glad you found it useful.

Well there you have it, Mike. All good to go. It's really cool that they make everything ready for our thingys that we want to watch this stuff on. 

(Sorry Karl, I still haven't checked out your vid but with all the praise here I might have to! I was going to at some point but wathced the LOTR trilogy instead)

LOL Marius...... I think the LOTR trilogy is possibly shorter.......

Yeah, I think so to. But I didn't have another 9 hours to spare LOL. Didn't learn anything about Sonar, though... shame... That's why I'm thinking your video is better

Hi folks,

Just to clear up the format question with our video.  The video is in deed an iDevice friendly format and can be played on the lasted versions of the iPods/iPhones/iPads.  The video contains multiple files and is set up as a TV Show in iTunes.  We recommend importing the files into your iTune library - which they will appear in the TV Show section.  Each chapter is listed as an episode to make it easier to navigate when watching with an iDevice or even from an Apple TV.

Hope this helps.

Chris