Your best bet would be to plug your iPad or phone in via HDMI. Then you should be able to play your iTunes content on the screens. You'll need to pick up a Lightning to HDMI adapter if you don't already have one. I'd also recommend using an HDMI cable with a right angle end so that it's not sticking out as far from the seat when it's plugged in.Do any of you have any advice on where to legally acquire kids programing in a .mp4 or .aav format?
Just use a 6 foot HDMI cable and keep the iPad in the front seat with you so you can control it. You could just mount the iPad directly to a headrest, but then you wouldn't be able to control it from the front seat.Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I use the HDMI, I connect it in the back next to the screen. And then I would place my iPad in the pouch behind the seat. While content from the iPad mirrors on the screen. By doing this, I won't be able to control the programing from the driver's seat. Why would I just not use the iPad? What benefit do I gain by paying $50 for this cord only to connect my iPad to the screen and play content the exact same way I would from the iPad itself?
I have a 128GB low profile flash drive plugged in all the time that's loaded up with TV shows and movies. Uconnect Theater supports most file formats including mp4, avi, and mkv files. I rip the movies from DVDs and Blu-ray Discs that I purchased legally and I transfer the TV Shows from my TiVo.Thanks! Do you know of any way to actually legally obtain/purchase and play a .mp4 or .aav files? Does anyone actually play .mp4 or .aav files on their UConnect theater system? If so, where do those people get the content? I just find it strange that those are the supported file types intended to be used in the system, but I cannot purchase or otherwise easily acquire those file types.
It seems to depend on the disc. Some will resume where they left off, but some are authored with resume disabled for some odd reason. Even if you play a move from USB, if you leave the car for a while, the movie will start over. I wish it was smart enough to always just save the position information so that it could always resume.Yes! I have a DVD in now and it is not an acceptable. Every time I restart the car it goes through the previews and the menu. Super annoying and definitley will not continue to play the DVDs.
There are several programs that will do it, but I use KMTTG. You can select all the TV shows you want and have them transferred to your computer and converted to mp4 in one step.What process do you use to get the files from your Tivo to the thumb drive in .mp4 format?
The best scenario would be if you could just plug the iPad into the USB port and select the video content from it directly through Uconnect. That's how it works with music, but unfortunately, I don't believe that Apple allows that functionality for video.I just want to play Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on my UConnect Theater screens.
Ha! Well, if he doesn't complain I guess he doesn't mind the menu! I'm impressed that he keeps the headphones on. My 2 year old won't wear them for more than a few minutes, and at $100 replacement cost I'd rather not have him destroy them. We use an amplified speaker in his lap on trips so we don't all have to listen to Finding Nemo for the 87th time.My oldest is 2, so I've set him up with headphones, turned on the blu-ray, and drove off....then about 10 minutes later I've realized he's still staring at the menu
It's not just Apple. It's the trend with most manufacturers. I use one like this with my iMac. Works great.I'm in the same boat. I still have my old 2009 Macbook pro that I've used for it's optical disc function. It's quite the pain when you need the function for sure.... but hey, that's Apple for you
I had one of those too! I also had a Pioneer version that did the same thing. Ah, the good old days.I once had a Humax TiVo box with built-in DVD recorder.
The ONLY place you can plug in a USB drive with video is the front USB port that says "Rear". The USB ports on the backs of the seats are for charging only.General, may I ask where is it plugged? At one of the seats, or the front at the USB port that says REAR?
Also have we settled for 128Gb , NTFS, 4Gb file, are the maximum limits for the uconnect system?
Handbrake has worked fine for me. What file system are the USB drives formatted with? Just for the heck of it, put a standard MP3 audio file on the flash drive and see if Uconnect Theater can read that.Still stuck on reading USB. I put one file on the drive just to test it. Ripped a 1080 movie to 720 using an mp4 profile on handbrake. Still no luck. Should I convert it again using subler? Tried 3 different USBs. Frustrating.
Somebody mentioned on here somewhere that they discovered some flash drives can be pushed into the USB port a little too far, which makes the contacts lose connection. Try pulling the drive out a bit and see if that has any effect.OK took my own advice and tried yet another USB drive and its working. Samsung 128, Lexar 128 not working. SanDisk 32 is working. So I'll try a larger version of Sandisk.
