The iPad Mini by Apple is a newly popular portable tablet and media system. Mini modeled after the original iPad, it enables users to carry it around just about anywhere. Watching videos on a iPad Mini has become popular as well due to the size convenience of the size. Follow these suggestions if you have a bunch of digital videos on your computer and want to get them onto your iPad Mini.

Step 1. Download and install video converter

Handbrake is a popular freeware to encode video to iPad format, but it can only convert video in several formats. To convert all popular videos to iPad Mini compatible formats,3rd-party iPad video converters are the good alternative solution. Wondershare Video Converter (or iSkysoft Video Converter for Mac ) is a great help. It enables you to convert almost any video format to iPad Mini supported formats, such as AVI, WMV, FLV, MKV, VOB, MOV, MP4, MTS, M2TS, Xvid, DivX, MPG, MPEG, H.264, AVCHD MTS M2TS, ASF and so on.

Step 2. Add video files to this iPad Mini video converter

Click the “Add Files” button in the main menu or drag-n-drop to add your wanted videos to add. You can also switch to “Download” tab to download online videos(including YouTube, Hulu, etc).

Step 3. Choose an iPad Mini compatible video format

Click the format image or the drop-down list below the “Output Format” label on the right side. You can get its output format list. Here, hit the “Device” tab, go to “Apple” category, and then choose the “iPad Mini” option.

Step 4. Start converting video to iPad Mini format

In the bottom output folder area of the iPad Mini converter, click the folder icon to specify where the program should place your converted files. Just be sure you have enough free space for your outputted videos. Finally you just need to click the “Convert” button in the lower-right corner of this app. That’s all. This app will automatically finish the job for you. When it’s done, a message will pop up, informing you that the conversion is completed.

Step 5. Transfer video to iPad Mini

Once the conversion is complete, attach your iPad Mini to your computer and sync it with iTunes. To play the newly converted movie on your iPad Mini, just click iPad Mini Main Menu > Videos and then choose Movies. Select the movie and enjoy!