Even if an Android tablet like In Nexus 7 or the Samsung Galaxy Pad are better for this purpose, even an iPad or iPhone can be valid devices to watch videos and movies, even streaming, from the computer in wifi or via the internet. streaming video via the Internet while going on the train or, more easily, you can use the iPad or iPhone in bed to watch computer movies or you can use it as a media server to connect to the TV to watch movies or in video on the big screen of a 40-inch HD TV or more. In practice, you can open a movie that is on the PC or a Youtube video on the iPhone and even watch it on TV (pity that Apple devices do not support Flash videos as Android devices can do).
As for watching streaming video on Android, we see that even for Apple, iPhone and iPad devices, there are three ways to view computer videos or streaming via the internet .
1) Through an application that is installed both on the computer and on the iPhone / Ipad / iPod .
The computer program acts as a server and is ready to send data to the app on the device which is connected to the wifi network, to the same network (and to the same router).
Air Playit is the easiest to use and most stable program, which allows you to share videos from your Windows PC or Mac to view them on the iPhone or iPad screen. In addition to streaming video transcoded to your device, Air Playit can also convert the video on your computer with the click of a button, so that it can be downloaded to your local network and stored on the device for later use.
An even better program is Tonido, a cloud drive at home, to watch videos on iPhone and iPad streamed from your PC.
2) Create a UPnP / DLNA server on the computer to connect to via iPhone or iPad app.
On iOS, iPad and iPhone systems, the Plex application can be installed, which works the same way, while ensuring greater compatibility with streaming video web applications such as Youtube. Plex must be installed on the computer (Windows, Mac or Linux) as a media center and then on iOS. Plex works automatically without requiring any configuration so it is the most recommended program.
A free app to connect to a UPNP or DLNA server (perhaps created with XBMC) is 8Player Lite or, a better but paid app, 8Player Pro.
3) Connect in FTP or SMB to the computer with an app to open the videos and play them.
From your computer, share folders with videos and movies on the network.
On the iPhone or iPad instead install the OPlayerHD Lite application which is free and allows you to explore the folders shared by your computer or FTP servers and play videos.
OPlayerHD also allows you to project videos viewed on iPhone or iPad onto a TV.
OPlayer is one of the best applications for watching and movies on iPad and iPhone which also supports watching streaming video from the internet, among which another similar app is also mentioned, YXPlayer. It is possible to send the videos found on the internet by Safari in OPlayer HD from Safari on your iPad with the addition of the prefix oplayer: in front of http.
As for Android, also for iPhone, in addition to the OPlayer solution, you can use the pCloud app , the cloud that supports video streaming .
The files you want to view via the internet must be saved in the pCloud cloud space in order to be then streamed from iPad or iPhone.
To see the screen of the iPhone or iPad on a TV there are three ways, via cable, via Apple TV in wifi or via computer.
In another article, the ways to connect iPad or iPhone to TV are listed.
The simplest solution to see the images that appear on the screen of an iPhone or iPad on the TV screen is to use an adapter cable.
Apple and other hardware manufacturers supply adapters for converting the 30-pin socket of Apple devices to another type of video connector that is more standard and compatible with TVs.
Then check the back of the TV and an adapter for the VGA, DVI or HDMI socket appears which is the most practical.
