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Hello. I have VLC on my 64gb Ipad air 4. I'm very new and inexperienced with iTunes, but can manage to copy mp4 files from pc to Ipad using file sharing.But this saves the file internally on the Ipad - I'd like to store and play directly from a USB drive. If this is possible, would anyone walk me through the process please?

This is not yet supported in VLC. However, this will come in the next update.

This is not yet supported in VLC. However, this will come in the next update.

Hello,
Are there any news about this feature?

I use FileBrowser or FileBrowser Pro with my iPad pro to watch videos from a USB drive in VLC. I even can watch .iso files, although the DVD menus do not work so it can be a bit tricky to navigate. You can add and mount USB drives and then select a file to stream to vlc. They are available on the App store. You only need one of the programs. The non pro version is less costly. I also found that some windows media center files (.wtv extension) need to use software encoding or the video freezes when scroll ahead or behind.

Why not just play videos from the cloud if you don't want to use up internal storage?

VLC for iOS and iPadOS, unlike the Android version, can play videos directly from cloud services such as Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive.