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Re: How to transfer & play videos from a PC to an iPad using LocalSend and VLC

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: How to transfer & play videos from a PC to an iPad using LocalSend and VLC
Date 2026-07-01 16:48 +1200
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On 2026-07-01 04:19:15 +0000, Stack Ghost said:
> On 2026-06-27 5:51 p.m., Maria Sophia wrote:
>> [...]
>> In summary, this is one way to transfer large MP4 and associated SRT files
>> from the desktop to an iPad over Wi-Fi without iTunes, without USB, without
>> too many Apple restrictions & without relying on VLC's flaky Wi-Fi upload.
> 
> I rely on magic-wormhole for this use case.  It has command-line and 
> graphical clients for almost every platform and has never failed me.  
> It is one of the few pieces of software that "Just Works(tm)".

On the very rare couple of occasions I've needed to trasnfer files 
(mainly photos) between any two of MacOS, iPadOS, Andriod, I've used 
InstaShare. It can be a bit flakey initially getting the two devices to 
see each to connect, but otherwise works fine.

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How to transfer & play videos from a PC to an iPad using LocalSend and VLC Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-27 18:51 -0600
  Re: How to transfer & play videos from a PC to an iPad using LocalSend and VLC 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jmj@energokod.gda.pl> - 2026-06-28 04:22 +0200
    Re: How to transfer & play videos from a PC to an iPad using LocalSend and VLC Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-27 22:56 -0600
  Re: How to transfer & play videos from a PC to an iPad using LocalSend and VLC 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jmj@energokod.gda.pl> - 2026-06-28 07:25 +0200
    Re: How to transfer & play videos from a PC to an iPad using LocalSend and VLC DOMAIN INFO <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-28 06:37 +0100
      Re: How to transfer & play videos from a PC to an iPad using LocalSend and VLC 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jmj@energokod.gda.pl> - 2026-06-28 08:01 +0200
        Re: How to transfer & play videos from a PC to an iPad using LocalSend and VLC 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jmj@energokod.gda.pl> - 2026-06-28 08:25 +0200
          Re: How to transfer & play videos from a PC to an iPad using LocalSend and VLC Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-30 21:31 -0400
  Re: How to transfer & play videos from a PC to an iPad using LocalSend and VLC Stack Ghost <stackghost@correct.opinions> - 2026-06-30 21:19 -0700
    Re: How to transfer & play videos from a PC to an iPad using LocalSend and VLC Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-07-01 16:48 +1200
      Re: How to transfer & play videos from a PC to an iPad using LocalSend and VLC Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-01 20:29 -0400

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