With a digital video recorder (DVR), you can easily record the TV NFL matches and watch them on your HDTV whenever you have time. And it’s quite convenient to watch those missed matches or TV shows through DVR in your living room. But do you know you can bring such kind of convenience to your new iPad? Here you will learn how to play recorded DVR video on iPad in detail.

Simplest Way to Convert DVR Videos to iPad on macOS 10.7 or Later

First of all, you need to know what your DVR videos are and where they are saved. DVR normally use SD cards, external hard drives, USB flash drives etc. to store those recorded videos or programs. And these videos can be , MPEG-4 Part 2, MPEG-2 .mpg, MPEG-2 .TS, VOB and ISO images video, with MP3 and AC3 audio tracks. And if your DVR is a HD one, it’s likely for you to get some HD videos (mainly in TS format). And the resolution of these files may be 480p/i/576p/I (standard DVR), or 720p/1080i (HD DVR).

So if you wanna play them on your new iPad, you have to do some conversion with your favorite video converter first, because iPad has its own requirement in video playback. Here DVR to iPad Converter is recommended. UniConverter includes preset profiles so you can just choose iPad format to start conversion. No need to make settings.

Step-by-step Guide to Convert Videos from DVR to iPad on Mac with iSkysoft

Step 1. Transfer DVR video files to Mac and Import to the App

Copy the DVR files to your Mac and run the software. Then add the DVR files to the DVR to iPad Mac Converter by dragging and dropping the selected files to the application.

Step 2. Choose iPad preset

You can easily select "iPad" from Devices category in the format tray. By choosing this preset, you needn’t to set the video format, video resolution and more by yourself. All has been done automatically.

Step 3. Start to convert DVR to iPad on Mac OS X

Click the "Convert" button to start all tasks. And leave the DVR to iPad Mac conversion run on the background and do any other things you want to do online or offline.

Step 4. Sync the converted DVR to iPad on Mac

UniConverter for Mac will automatically add the converted file to your iTunes library (if you didn’t change the preference of the Mac app), so you can connect your iPad to Mac and sync the file to iPad directly.

Optional: Free Online DVR to iPad Converter

You can also try online video converter to convert your DVR files to iPad supported format, if you don't want to install a computer program. Try it below:

Note: Because the online tool doesn't support "https", so if the content below was blank, please manually click the "Shield" icon on the right of your browser address bar to load the script. This action is secure without any harm to your data or computer.

Tips: List iPad Supported Video Formats

Video formats supported: MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 30 fps, 640 x 480 pixels, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in formats like .mov, .mp4 and .m4v; video up to 1080p, 30 fps, High Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in formats like .mov, .mp4 and .m4v; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 30 fps, 1280 x 720 pixels, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi format. (from Apple.com)