How do I delete videos on the IPad mini?

[BeeBoop]

This is so frustrating. I have VLC app installed with some videos that need to be deleted. There is no delete option in VLC and all the google sources tell me to go into itunes to delete the videos from the shared section but there is no shared section. **** APPLE. This is why i never buy their stuff. I'm doing it for my parents.


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[Ichinisan]

Connect to [a computer via USB cable and open] iTunes [on the conputer]. Click your device at the top. Go through the pages / categories and you should see it.

AirVideo HD is worth buying. You can download/stream/delete at-will.

 

[BeeBoop]

When you say connect to iTunes, you mean connect the iPad to my PC? Or do you simply mean click the iTune app in the Ipad?

 

[KeithP]

**** APPLE. This is why i never buy their stuff. I'm doing it for my parents.

Yeah, they do make things unnecessarily complex at times. For instance, to delete videos in VLC, while in VLC looking at your media library, you have to click/touch the "edit" button in the upper right corner. Then a small "x" appears on the video icons and you have to click/touch on that to delete.

It is madness! 🙄

-KeithP

 

[BeeBoop]

The edit button only changes the view of the videos, an X never appears. I just uninstalled the app and reinstalled it.

 

[KeithP]

It sounds to me like you are clicking the "hamburger" button (the 3 horizontal lines) and not the actual word "Edit".

-KeithP

 

[BeeBoop]

Okay, thanks. The word edit was next to the symbol, so that's why I thought the symbol meant edit.

 

[Ichinisan]

It sounds to me like you are clicking the "hamburger" button (the 3 horizontal lines) and not the actual word "Edit".

-KeithP

Do some people call it the "hamburger button?" I just call it the menu button because it's supposed to resemble a list of menu choices.

 

[CZroe]

I find no shortage of methods to delete.

I just swiped it from right to left, same as deleting videos from iTunes in the old iOS4 video player and the same way you delete emails and such from the list screen.

FYI, I ripped those myself from discs I purchased. It may technically be illegal but I do not pirate and should not be lumped in those statistics.

This is so frustrating. I have VLC app installed with some videos that need to be deleted. There is no delete option in VLC and all the google sources tell me to go into itunes to delete the videos from the shared section but there is no shared section. **** APPLE. This is why i never buy their stuff. I'm doing it for my parents.


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Admin allisolm

There is a shared section but you have to scroll down on a page in iTunes that shows no scroll bar until you start scrolling and has no indication that there is anything off the screen at certain desktop resolutions. It's stupid.

 

[CZroe]

Are you sure you aren't trolling? Swiping one way lets you delete a specific file, swiping the other selects that file with an option to delete and allows you to multi-select additional files. It's not quite the same as tapping "Edit" since "Edit" doesn't go ahead and make a selection, but there are so many ways to delete that you should have been able to stumble on one of them if you were really looking. The only confusing way is using iTunes and I already explained where that was hanging you up.

 

[Ichinisan]

On iPad, the "hamburger" button isn't really "Menu," it's List View.

Tapping that changes to list view and the button appearance changes to some squares. Tapping the squares will switch back to grid / thumbnail view.

In either view, tap Edit to go into select mode, then select some videos and tap the trash can to delete them.

In grid view, tap-and-hold on any video to go into select mode (the one you touched will be selected automatically), then tap the trash can to delete selected items.

In list view, swipe the video to find the delete option.

This type of UI stuff exists on Android and Windows too. Don't know why you blame Apple for your lack of ability to poke around. It's far easier to poke around for this stuff than it is to create a thread on an Internet message board.

 

[BeeBoop]

On Android, I do everything with my PC. I can open the folder from my PC and delete the movies right before I drag and drop the next set of films. The reason I do this from my PC is because I do not have unlimited data. It's not that simple with Apple. There is no drag and drop option with Apple when connected to a PC.

 

[Ichinisan]

On Android, I do everything with my PC. I can open the folder from my PC and delete the movies right before I drag and drop the next set of films. The reason I do this from my PC is because I do not have unlimited data. It's not that simple with Apple. There is no drag and drop option with Apple when connected to a PC.

There is.

 

[BeeBoop]

Don't know what your point is. I've already explained that this isn't my iPad. Apple interface and usability is horrible. Drag and drop is the most simplistic form of transferring files and yet they don't allow me to do this. Simply put, apple interface is garbage. If it was so easy to use, why did my parents ask me to figure it out for them when they've owned the device for a year? Hmm? Guess they didn't have time to tinker with it?

 

[Ichinisan]

Don't know what your point is. I've already explained that this isn't my iPad. Apple interface and usability is horrible.

Coming from the person who couldn't find one of six-or-so standard / intuitive ways to delete a file. 🙄

I have to help people on the phone. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to get someone to successfully remove a Google account (or any email account) from an Android device over the phone without having their device in-hand? I think you don't.

Drag and drop is the most simplistic form of transferring files and yet they don't allow me to do this.

Did it just now.

Simply put, apple interface is garbage. If it was so easy to use, why did my parents ask me to figure it out for them when they've owned the device for a year? Hmm? Guess they didn't have time to tinker with it?

I have plenty of criticisms for Apple's UIs in iOS and OSX. I have plenty of criticisms for Windows too. My most harsh criticisms are of the various manufacturer-customized Android UIs. iOS is not perfect, but overall, it's clearly the easier / more-intuitive UI for the average user. Speaking from 10 years of experience with phone support, I can also tell you that it's far easier to provide support for iOS than Android. I don't own a Mac, but I have to blindly assist Mac users over the phone every day. It's consistently easier to support than the alternatives.

 

[CZroe]

Don't know what your point is. I've already explained that this isn't my iPad. Apple interface and usability is horrible. Drag and drop is the most simplistic form of transferring files and yet they don't allow me to do this. Simply put, apple interface is garbage. If it was so easy to use, why did my parents ask me to figure it out for them when they've owned the device for a year? Hmm? Guess they didn't have time to tinker with it?

There is "drag and drop." The only problem with that is iTunes. As I explained, the share section you were looking for in the OP is scrolled off on a screen where it is not always obvious that the screen scrolls due to a scroll bar that only appears when you scroll. That screen allows you to drag and drop files and they will appear in the application. It's done this way because apps are sandboxed and can't normally access each other's files. Some apps can use exposed system permissions for accessing the camera roll and such but VLC plays files that aren't compatible with iOS' built-in media playback abilities and you wouldn't want those in your camera roll (iTune wouldn't see or allow incompatible files anyway).

 

[Ichinisan]

It's OK, OP. I just assumed you had poked around a bit in VLC because that's what I would have done before even thinking of connecting the device to a PC.

Since iOS 5, Apple devices can be used for nearly everything without a computer. In case you do want to manage from a computer, you have to use iTunes on the computer to do it. I think you can even enable WiFi sync and do everything from iTunes without any USB connection. No need for unlimited data for this because it only works through the home network.

 

[BeeBoop]

Apple is just has a better name brand. Android is easier to use. Here's a list of things I had to do in order to get a watchable video onto my mom's iPad.

Apple:
1). Mom had iPad for a year and google searched instructions and still couldn't figure it out. The closest she came was that she needed iTunes installed on her PC.
2). Gave it to me to do it for her.
3). I had to google search.
4). I had to ask Anandtech
5). I got movies onto her iPad by using onedrive. Mom forgot to bring the cables. Wireless was all I could do.
6). Movies on iPad does not work because Apple does not have AC3 license.
7). Contact someone in family with an Apple device.
8). Family member says all videos must be converted using a software called Freemake.
9). Videos converted and used onedrive to download videos onto ipad in VLC.
10). Apple charger found but no one knows how to sync PC files to iPad files.
11). Parents left for to go home and they still don't know how to sync files. Neither do I.

Android:
1.). Drag and Drop.
2). Movies work with VLC without converting any videos.

 

[Ichinisan]

The VLC app even runs a web server. You can load the web page from your computer on the same LAN and upload a file to it. That feature was mentioned in the info pop-up when I first ran VLC. You can toggle it on/off with a tap and it shows you the IP address to type into your computer's web browser.

Never heard of "Freemake." Maybe he meant "Handbrake?"

 

[BeeBoop]

No i used freemake. It's free and easy to use because it has a specific button for apple devices. It comes with a lot of spyware browser toolbar crap though. I had to be careful when installing and uncheck all the stuff that it wanted me to install. The videos I wanted to delete were the incompatible ones with the device.

 

[Ichinisan]

No i used freemake. It's free and easy to use because it has a specific button for apple devices. It comes with a lot of spyware browser toolbar crap though. I had to be careful when installing and uncheck all the stuff that it wanted me to install. The videos I wanted to delete were the incompatible ones with the device.

Sounds like a knockoff of Handbrake. I'm not very familiar with HB, but I know it made its name as a media converter for Apple devices (though I think it can do practically anything).

I think it was originally made by DVD Jon or someone who cracked a DRM or encryption scheme (maybe the person who cracked FairPlay).

[edit]
That was probably something else. Looks like the creator of HB didn't have much to do with DRM removal.

 

[CZroe]

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Android:
1.). Drag and Drop.
2). Movies work with VLC without converting any videos.

Not my experience. When I upgraded my Note 3 to an iPhone 6 Plus only unofficial versions of VLC were on the Play store. Not a single one I found worked. They crashed, didn't work at all, and installed malware on my phone. I eventually had to use Handbrake to convert my files.

Getting ALAC (Lossless iTunes; superior compression to FLAC) was even harder. There are only a couple players that support it and they have serious problems, like not relinquishing AVRCP control to other media apps and crashing when rotated on phones with certain screen resolutions. Most required convoluted setup including separate media libraries (thanks to Kit Kat's SD card security measures), side-loading, and external plugins. I am hoping Apple Music for Android does more than streaming-only and solves these concerns.

 

[Rakehellion]

Apple is just has a better name brand. Android is easier to use. Here's a list of things I had to do in order to get a watchable video onto my mom's iPad.

Apple:
1). Mom had iPad for a year and google searched instructions and still couldn't figure it out. The closest she came was that she needed iTunes installed on her PC.
2). Gave it to me to do it for her.
3). I had to google search.
4). I had to ask Anandtech
5). I got movies onto her iPad by using onedrive. Mom forgot to bring the cables. Wireless was all I could do.
6). Movies on iPad does not work because Apple does not have AC3 license.
7). Contact someone in family with an Apple device.
8). Family member says all videos must be converted using a software called Freemake.
9). Videos converted and used onedrive to download videos onto ipad in VLC.
10). Apple charger found but no one knows how to sync PC files to iPad files.
11). Parents left for to go home and they still don't know how to sync files. Neither do I.

Android:
1.). Drag and Drop.
2). Movies work with VLC without converting any videos.

As has been said numerous times before, you can drag and drop videos to VLC on the iPad. Why are you still making this ridiculous rage post?

 

[CZroe]

Apple is just has a better name brand. Android is easier to use. Here's a list of things I had to do in order to get a watchable video onto my mom's iPad.

Apple:
1). Mom had iPad for a year and google searched instructions and still couldn't figure it out. The closest she came was that she needed iTunes installed on her PC.
2). Gave it to me to do it for her.
3). I had to google search.
4). I had to ask Anandtech
5). I got movies onto her iPad by using onedrive. Mom forgot to bring the cables. Wireless was all I could do.
6). Movies on iPad does not work because Apple does not have AC3 license.
7). Contact someone in family with an Apple device.
8). Family member says all videos must be converted using a software called Freemake.
9). Videos converted and used onedrive to download videos onto ipad in VLC.
10). Apple charger found but no one knows how to sync PC files to iPad files.
11). Parents left for to go home and they still don't know how to sync files. Neither do I.

Android:
1.). Drag and Drop.
2). Movies work with VLC without converting any videos.

Uh oh! Looks like VLC doesn't support AC3 anymore!

The functionality has been removed. Hopefully you don't get malware while trying various unofficial ports on Google Play Store attempting to find one that still has unofficial AC3 support.

 

[Eug]

Uh oh! Looks like VLC doesn't support AC3 anymore!

The functionality has been removed. Hopefully you don't get malware while trying various unofficial ports on Google Play Store attempting to find one that still has unofficial AC3 support.

I have been sticking with an older version of vlc for this reason, and have it backed up too, just in case.

However, lately I just use Infuse Pro. It's a better program and has great H.264 hardware decode support. Ten bucks though.

http://firecore.com/infuse