Play video with VLC iOS ?

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Please clarify:

I have an iPad air 3. I intend to download VLC iOS app. Then I plan to purchase some type of lightning/bolt flashdrive. I would like to put DVDs in non converted format on the flash drive. Then plug the flash drive into iPad, and use VLC iOS app to play the non converted videos.

Will this logic function ?
I don't want to purchase a flash drive and a separate ripper program, just to discover my logic is flawed.