XBMC on iPad add USB as video source

http://pastebin.com/FtVNTS31

johnnyvibrant Wrote:yep, 99% of USB powered devices either work badly or not at all since OS4, therefore external HD are not really an XBMC issue more an OS issue. But SD Cards and what not work fine with the details above.

Did anybody succeed in connecting to ipad2 4.3 an (externally powered, fat32) USB hard disk to play videos? a video on youtube showed this is possible (on ipad1) but requires shh complex 13-steps... mounting and a mac pc... You think this is possible with XBMC?

ChipsAhoy Wrote:Now that the Camera Kit issue is fixed with the iPad 2 jailbreak, I'm happy to report that this trick works once again! Since Apple has limited the power draw on the port, not too many thumb drives work, so I've switched over to using a 32GB SD card.

This is more compact anyway, and it's fast as blazes, allowing me to avoid having to copy movies to the iPad altogether. Love it!

How fast is SD(HC) transfer? Which Class do you suggest to buy? I have a 16G Class 4 (works ok). Maybe it doesn't make a different as most SDHC can be READ at 15MB/s?
Anybody found any ipad2 SD transfer speed test? Tnx

danialbi Wrote:Did anybody succeed in connecting to ipad2 4.3 an (externally powered, fat32) USB hard disk to play videos? a video on youtube showed this is possible (on ipad1) but requires shh complex 13-steps... mounting and a mac pc... You think this is possible with XBMC?

Not sure, but I know a lot of people have gotten externally powered USB hard drives in general to work on the iPad. So it should work in XBMC like any other USB source. Also, due to the limited power the iPad provides over the USB port, a lot of people have used powered USB hubs to use devices that would otherwise not work.

@Ned:
"a lot of people have gotten externally powered USB hard drives in general to work on the iPad...". Can you please provide any details/ links? Tnx

danialbi Wrote:@Ned:
"a lot of people have gotten externally powered USB hard drives in general to work on the iPad...". Can you please provide any details/ links? Tnx

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/05/i...rd-drives/

ChipsAhoy Wrote:Yes, this is very easy and works perfectly.

Using SSH or iFile, navigate to /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/userdata/sources.xml

and add this code to the sources.xml file:

<source>
<name>iPad USB</name>
<path pathversion="1">/var/mnt/mount1/</path>
</source>

thx this worked great for my cousin's ipad

(2011-02-10 19:41)davilla Wrote:  verified. you can manually add the path "/var/mnt". Just touch the path <None> in the 'Add Video Source' and type it in.

This works after manually entered the path, but when i exit XBMC it dissapear? Had to edit the source.xlm file with ssh. Sounds like a permission error?

Edit. Runs eden 11.0