Making vacation videos on your iPad with ReelDirector 3.0

I was able to play videos from my Flip Mino HD without any conversion on my iPad by sending them to the iPad via GoodReader or Dropbox. The videos played in those two applications just fine.

So why can't I play them in Apple's "Videos" application?

Ultimately I'd like to send them to ReelDirector for editing on the iPad, but that won't work either.

So my question is - if GoodReader and Dropbox can play them, why can't Videos or ReelDirector?

See my blog post for a little more info:
http://www.midwood.net/blog/?p=1299

WOW! I was waiting forever for an app like this! How could I of missed it?

You need to answer the questions about how the video gets on the iPad in the first place. If I shoot the video with my iPhone, is there some way to upload it to the cloud off the phone without using a computer? And some way to download those same clips to the iPad from the cloud without using a computer? Doesn't sound like it...

If I place the clips in the Dropbox folder on my computer for example, I can access them on the iPad. But would they show up in this application for import? And how would I get them into my Dropbox from my iPhone in the first place?

Meh.

Great tip! I'll have to try this out. Also curious about the answer to Tom's question regarding editing Flip videos...

The title is misleading. It should say "editing vacation videos that you took with an actual camera (or phone) because the iPad doesn't have a camera, in your iPad with ReelDirecto 3.0"

Oh,how great! So that I can get it for free if I own the previous version for my iPhone?
:D

I use the one on my phone a lot. It's been really nice to edit stuff and toss it on YouTube on the go. But I agree thar the iPad one would be more useless. Mostly because my 3GS suffers from the "oh you saved a pic off the Internet now iPhoto won't sync wIth it problem."

I've got the program on my iPhone, and just for the heck of it I created a couple of fairly elaborate family videos and posted them on youtube and Facebook. It's cool to be able to upload an edited version of an event (like a New Year's Parade) right on the spot before the event is even over. I'm not sure I'll ever use it on my iPad though, since any iPhone video will have to be copied to my desktop first anyway. But hey, if the iPad ever gets a camera, it'll be ready for editing.

Like the piece says, maybe you're on vacation with your Ipad and you've got a bunch of video you'd like to offload somewhere and do a little editing with. That's what I'd hoped to be able to do with the Ipad and camera connection kit. Unfortunately, while it imports from a Flip UltraHD, the video is otherwise completely unusable on the Ipad (not viewable, uploadable, etc.) I'm hoping this app allows for at least viewing and editing, if not uploading.