Download videos to iPhone

The iPhone is considered the most popular and, without a doubt, one of the most prestigious smartphones today. And this is no coincidence: in addition to the active marketing campaign of Apple Corporation, the reasons for the attractiveness of this device are obvious: functionality, reliability, innovation in almost all aspects of information technology.

Ways to download videos on iPhone

The ability to view videos in various formats is one of the features of the iPhone. You can download videos to your personal computer, after which you can transfer them to your iPhone from there. In this article we will look at the most popular and effective ways to do this, and we will use not only the famous iTunes. Let's move on to the immediate instructions.

Method 1: iTunes

In order to complicate the task a little, let's consider a detailed algorithm for transferring a movie in AVI format. Let's try using iTunes to watch this video on an iPhone.

The procedure should be as follows:

1. When the movie starts downloading to your computer, check what its format is, this can greatly change your procedure, since the video may need to be converted. This is our case. The film is in AVI format (a popular video format in Windows), which means it needs to be converted to the most convenient iPhone format - MP4. This can be done with various programs, for example, AnyVideoConverter (AVC).
   
   

   
   
   

2. After we have the resulting MP4 video, the video needs to be copied to the smartphone using iTunes.
   
   

   
   
   

3. You can download the video using iTunes; to do this you need to add files there. Please remember that you can complete the transfer procedure only if QuickTime is installed on your computer. Otherwise, uploading video material to iTunes will be problematic. MacBooks are more convenient in this regard; almost all of them contain pre-installed players.
   
   

   
   
   

4. When you have managed to record the movie in iTunes, you need to connect your iPhone to the computer, and then click on the phone icon that appears in the control panel.
   
   

   
   
   

5. Then we synchronize movies in media libraries. In chapter "Camera roll" or in the app "Video" you will be able to find the required video.
   

Let us remind you that in this way you can send not only videos to the device. This way a book, photo, music and even a game can be copied. If the video is very long (more than several hours), then the only restrictions in transferring it are the uninterrupted connection (a working cord) and the amount of free memory on the phone.

Method 2: Wi-Fi

Before we move on to describing a method that allows you to copy video from a computer to an iOS device, let us remind you that for the functionality of this method, the PC and iPhone must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

1. Launch the application, open the menu and click "Access via Wi-Fi". After the process is completed, the video will be available through viewing in a player (for example, VLC) pre-installed on the iOS device.
   
   

   
   
   

2. We consider it necessary to warn the reader about one subtlety. After the download has taken place, the player does not always display the video file in the lists. After conducting several experiments, we discovered that this is due to excessively long titles of videos written in Russian (and when using commas, for example, “A holiday that is always with you, 2004”). Renaming to simpler words completely solves the problem.
   

Method 3: iCloud

You can always send a file to the general album of your smartphone by initially using the application "A photo". To do this, select the file, click "General access", then select iCloud photo sharing. After that press "Publish".

Let's figure out how to do this correctly on computers running Windows. Mac computers are generally much more “loving” of iPhones; the problem, as a rule, is “PC-iPhone” systems.

The sequence of actions is as follows:

1. Open File Explorer and select iCloud Photos.
   
2. Click here "General".
   
3. Select the album to which the video will be added.
   
4. Click on the panel "Add a photo or video".
   
5. Drag the video from another window.
   
6. Click here "Done."
   

Method 4: Dropbox

Let's consider the popular Dropbox service, which is very often used by iOS users to transfer files. It is ideal for a jailbroken user as it requires the installation of a file manager that is locked for use by default. Let's consider the transfer algorithm step by step:

1. Download and install the iFile file manager.
   
   Download iFile from the App Store https://itunes.apple.com/ru/app/ifile/id495655551?mt=8
   
   
2. Launch iFile and click "Settings".
   
3. Click here "Link to Dropbox", then enter your email and password.
   
   

   
   

A tab should appear with a detailed list of folders. Open the desired folder and select the file. After clicking, the file will begin to be transferred.

Method 5: GPlayer

Let's look at an example of adding video files using the well-known player GPlayer. Let's describe the algorithm step by step:

Download GPlayer from the App Store https://itunes.apple.com/ru/app/gplayer/id438402174?mt=8

1. Download and install GPlayer from the AppStore.
   
2. Open iTunes on your PC and connect your iPhone via USB.
   
3. Open "Programs" in iTunes.
   
4. Select GPlayer from the list, then click "Add...".
   
5. Select the video to transfer and click "Open".
   

As a result, the video will be transferred to the iPhone. Note that copying a file from GPlayer directly to "Video" impossible.

Let's summarize. In this article, we looked at several ways to transfer a video file from a computer to an iPhone. Among them were standard ones - using iTunes or Wi-Fi, and more unusual, but effective ones - iCloud, Dropbox, GPlayer. Note that there are many more ways: for example, sending a video to yourself via email or saving the video on Yandex.Disk or a file hosting service.