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

From	Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.os.linux, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: How to transfer & play videos from a PC to an iPad using LocalSend and VLC
Date	2026-06-30 21:31 -0400
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After moving the movies from Windows to the first iPad, we then tried to
transfer them to a second exact same iPad, but under different ownership.

You have to try to move files between iOS devices of different ownership
in order to realize how much fun it is to do it for real with real movies.

First off, AirDrop apparently doesn't see the files in VLC.
So we moved them to Photos.

Secondly, apparently, you get 10 minutes on AirDrop. That's it. 
10 minutes. Then it drops. So you turn that on over and over again.

Thirdly, for whatever strange reason, the owner of the second iPad has to
be in the first iPad's contacts. 

WTF?
What are contacts even doing on an iPad?

Anyway, once we moved the movies into Photos and then after we added the
second owner's contact to the first iPad, then (and only then) AirDrop
worked. But not for long. It kept failing. And there's that 10 minutes.

When I looked up why this was such a clusterfuck, I found out that iOS
operates on privacy rules written by engineers who assume AirDrop is mostly
used by strangers in public spaces. 

This is classic iOS: We protect you by making everything harder.

And don't think AirDrop was the 1st method we tried. It's only what worked.

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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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