iPhone Videos
How to Download Movies on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
The rate at which technology advances is just astounding, now you can download and stream full movies to your mobile device. If you have an iPhone, iPad or an iPod touch (iOS devices) you can use websites like mobilereel.net to download and stream your favorite movies. The best part is that you can use it anywhere you have a 3G or a WiFi connection. When you visit Mobile Reel on your portable device you’ll have the option to choose movies by year of their release. As of now you can choose years starting from 2000 up to present day. Even movies that are still in theatres, like Battle: Los Angeles and The Mechanic are available for download. Learn how to download free movies to your iPhone so next time you’re on a road trip or an airplane you can watch a movie you downloaded right to your device, from the convenience of your pocket.
Gather The Right Tools
Assuming you already have a latest Apple device and an internet connection, you’ll need to enter the App Store and search for download manager. The goal here is to download a third party internet browser that contains a download option. Using Apple’s standard Safari app you only have the ability to save images, not whole files or video clips/movies. Examples of some of the free apps are Downloads Lite. You can also download Downloads for $0.99 and Download Manager for $1.99, these paid apps being more functional and feature-full than the alternative free apps, though those will work as well. Be sure to read the descriptions under each app to choose the one with the most functionality that will suit you for the price. Alternatives, if you chose to jailbreak your device, you can download most of every app for free, but you’ll have to research that on your own.
Downloading Free Movies
Once you’ve downloaded your third party browser/download manager, start the app and navigate to mobilereel.net. You can use a website like IMDB or Wikipedia to find the year the movie you’re looking for was released. Select the proper year and then scroll through the list to find your desired movie. Once you select your movie, you have the option of reading a quick plot summary to be sure it’s the movie you want to see. Don’t forget to click “Like” to share the great free movie resource with your friends! Depending on the browser app you chose to download, the way you download the movie will vary. Most often you just click on the megaupload link and 45 seconds before you are able to download. The download speed will vary depending on your signal strength, and whether or not you’re on a WiFi connection. You may want to download the movies you desire the night before a big trip so you can have more than one movie to choose from at your disposal.
There used to be a time in our life’s when it used to be enough for us to simply kick back at home and watch our favourite films on the TV – but nowadays not all of us have the time to watch videos at home any more, what with the massively busy schedules that a lot of us have to stick to. Now that technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in the last few years, we are now able to watch pretty much whatever we want on portable devices, such as iPhones, iTouches, & the iPads. iPhone, iPod Touch, & the iPad has revolutionised the way in which we are able to watch various types of video format on portable devices and how we can also convert videos to our iPhones. In this article we shall discuss some of the various types of video format that can be viewed on iPhones and what the best are to convert videos to your iPhone.
Which Video Formats Can The iPhone Play?
Before we go ahead and try to convert and type of video to our iOS devices (iPhone, iTouch, & the iPad), we need to know exactly which type of video format the iPhone can play – here is a list of the most popular formats that you will want to consider using:
H.264 video – probably the most popular type of video format used by iPhones – plays at a fantastic 30 frames per second and supports audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov formats.
MPEG-4 video – Has the ability to play videos at a resolution of 640 by 480 pixels and also has the ability to play at 30 frames per second.
Motion JPEG – Also known as M-JPEG, this type of format has a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels, plays at 30 frames per second and supports audio in .avi format.
These are the 3 types of video format that the iPhone supports. Apple has probably chosen to support these types of codec due to the fact that they are well established, popular and have the ability to produce a high quality video and audio feedback. Now that we know the video formats that the iPhone supports, it’s time for us to start converting videos to our iPhones, but how do we do it properly?
How To Convert Videos To iPhone
Buying new movies and videos from iTunes is usually pretty expensive, so if you are in need of some portable entertainment, then chances are that you are going to want to put some of your existing DVD’s or movies from your laptop onto your iPhone. There are a few steps that you need to take in order to convert these properly, and we are about to talk you through them! The first step that you are going to want to take is to find yourself a good video converter – there are plenty of these flying around the internet right now, so it shouldn’t be too hard to pick a free one up, or even one that is relatively cheap. Bare in mind though, that a lot of the free software on the internet these days can contain spyware that can mess around with your PC or laptop, so if you can, fork out a few dollars and get something reliable.
Once you have installed the converting software, you should then have a few options as to what you want to do regarding frame rate on your chosen file – you are going to want to make sure that you chose the highest frame rate available. The same needs to be done with the bitrate for the sound, set it as high as it can go. Once you have set these, you will probably want to convert the file into the MPEG-4 format. After the file has finished converting, you will then need to choose a new destination for this file – it might be best just to put it on your desktop for now, just so you are totally sure where it is. After this process has been completed, all you will need to do is drag that file from your desktop and put it into iTunes video section and press the sync button. Once that has completed you will now how that DVD or video file available to watch in the palm of your hand – it really is that easy!