How to Download UltraViolet Movies to iPad
Rent a movie on iTunes on your iPad, good luck watching it anywhere else (Apple won’t let you transfer rentals made on an iOS device). Buy a Blu-ray combo pack with a digital copy? You get one digital copy that has an expiration date and is non-transferable. Buy Green Lantern on Amazon’s Video on Demand? You’re very limited on the iPad you can watch it on. But now studios (at least some of them) are going to the cloud in an effort to to make it easier (and more compelling) to buy and rent movie digitally with a new service called Ultraviolet.
About UltraViolet
UltraViolet can store all the movies you’ve bought in the cloud like Apple’s iCloud. After you purchase your first movie, a code will be included. You can enter the UltraViolet site with the code to download your purchased movies to any UltraViolet-supported device, including mobile phones (Android and iOS) and laptops. Now it is backed by big movie studios like Warner Bros., Sony, Fox, Lionsgate, Universal, etc. It seems the movie studios intend to use UltraViolet to switch to purchasing movies instead of renting movies.
How to download UltraViolet movies to iPad
Flixster has recently released an update to its Movies app for iPad and other iOS devices adding support for downloading UltraViolet movies for offline watching. Flixster users can add UltraViolet Digital Copies to their collections using redemption codes included in Blu-Ray or DVDs that they have purchased and will then be able to stream or download those movies to their iPad, iPhone or iPod touch via the new Flixster app.
To download your UltraViolet movies to your iPad, make sure you are using Flixster app version 5.0 or above. Sign into the Flixster or Facebook account linked to UltraViolet, then go to the My Movies tab. Tap on the movie you want to download, then on the purple Download button on the next page. Once the download is complete, you’ll watch it from the Flixster app. Tap on Watch Now, and the app will default to offline viewing.
Please note the following:
- Movies take up a lot of room on your device, probably a minimum of 500MB. Keep this in mind before downloading.
- It will take awhile to download the entire movie (an average of 30 minutes to one hour), especially if you are using 3G or a weak wifi connection. Plan accordingly!
- If you close the app for more than ten minutes, the download will pause.
I have just recently bought an iPad and after some thought I want my head examined after buying this useless piece of kit no movie player no movie sites just more cost if you want to enjoy your pad it’s a shame that the people that make these thing didn’t put all their energy into making a tablet that amazes you in all ways instead of laughing when they take their money out of their banks shame on you in future get it right build us something that’s amazing and stop competing with each other so you can rip people of by banging this crap on the shelves for Christmas
I wish I had read this first! I just redeemed an UV code on my ipad by going to the website indicated on the flyer included with the movie. I did NOT go through Flixter to download. When I tried to download it from the UV site it said that my ipad operating system may not be compatible?! That I needed to download some microsoft software to be able to download the movie. So- am I screwed? Or can I still access the movie through flixter and download it for offline viewing from there?
@Katie: I just tried to download the Flixster app to my “new iPad”. What I found after doing so was that I could either download my movies via Flixster or I could stream it through wi-fi with very poor quality. I started to download the movie and then deleted it mid download as I was just playing around to test this. It deleted just fine and noted that since it was in my collection I could re-download it whenever I wanted. Just follow what these instructions say as it seemed to work for me. No comment on movie quality if you actually download it though as I have not finished it yet.
The quality post download is really good (especially on the “new iPad”, however there is one major flaw: you download the movie so you can watch it OFFLINE, but if you close the app, you have to re-sign in to access your movies, which you can’t do if you’re offline. Maybe I missed something, but this is a huge problem.
I’ve tried to add movies that I’ve d/l to my Ipad and to my surprise some DID get into the movie library.
You need to try .mp4 video files and try to search for movies from “YIFY” when looking for torrents.
There’s no need to convert and all that stuff, only downside is that I can’t find a way to make the subs work.
Good luck!
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