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This post is intended for readers with advanced technical knowledge.

In this article, I will explain how to transfer videos to Apple’s built-in Videos app with a brand new version of the excellent, free, all-in-one iDevice transfer tool, iFunBox.

In the past, uploading videos to the Videos app has only been possible via the Movies tab in iTunes.

iTunes, which is Apple's only desktop tool for transferring videos/movies to the Videos app, has restrictions, which make it impossible to transfer the following types of videos to iDevices:

For programmers or people with advanced technical knowledge.

Optimizing your videos, assuming they haven't been purchased from the iTunes Store, is of extreme importance if you stream them to iOS devices, particularly to an Apple TV.

In my previous article, I've shown you some ways of finding out whether a video file is optimized. Check out this article on how optimization needs to be done if you run into a non-optimized video, with, for example, the absolutely excellent Subler.

As I pointed out in my previous article, iMedia Player is an excellent free multimedia player. And now its developers have announced the debut of a separate, commercial app, MPlayer ($2.99) officially licensing the (E-)AC3 audio codec.


Matroska media containers are extremely popular among video freaks. They offer by far the most flexible video storage capabilities in many cases, such as for storing animated subtitles widely used in karaoke and anime. When you rip your own Blu-ray discs with the excellent MakeMKV, MKV is the container the app exports your disc to.