How to copy your videos to iPhone

Wanting to transfer a video from your computer to your iPhone to watch it on the go only works under certain conditions. In some cases, you will have to convert the video file first.

How to transfer your videos to iPhone

If you want to transfer your videos to your iPhone, there are some conditions for it. For the iPhone to play them, the video must be in one of these formats: MP4 or H.264, MPEG 4, M-JPEG or MOV.On the other hand, other common formats like AVI, FLV of WMV are not supported. However, this does not mean that it is impossible to bring these videos to the iPhone. You just need to convert the video, for example, using VLC Player or other software of your choice.

Copy video to iPhone

Once the video is in the correct format, proceed as follows:

1. Open iTunes, select the "Movies icon" in the menu bar, and then click "My Movies".
2. On a Windows device, click "File" and "Add to Library" to copy the video you want to your library. On a Mac, please click "File" and "Add to Library"
3. Connect your iPhone to the computer via USB cable and choose whether you want to sync all movies ("Automatically Include: All" is selected) or only transfer certain movies ("Automatically Include" is completely disabled). If "Include Automatically" is unchecked, now check all the videos you want to copy to your iPhone.
4. Confirm your selection by clicking "Apply".
5. As a final step, start the sync by clicking the "Sync" button.