Although you can watch some videos through the iPod app (such as iTunes U courses or podcasts stored as video files), you may not want to wade through the mix of audio and video files stored in the iPod app. When you just want to watch video, you can load the Videos app and turn your iPad into a portable viewing device.
Before you can play any video files, you'll need to load them into your iPad, as explained in Chapter 18.
In this chapter, you will learn how to watch and control video files on your iPad.