Sharing video between Apps

Hi there. I have a home video edited in iMovie on my Mac and transferred to the Apple Video App on my iPad (iOS7). I would like to share this video with another app, "Write-on Video". This latter app will only import material from the iPad camera, the Evernote app (which also doesn't have an option to import video in its controls), and the internet. Apparently, it is nonetheless possible to save video into the Evernote app through the "share" option on apps, only the Apple Videos app doesn't seem to have a "share" option. Does anyone have an idea about how I might get my video into the Write-on Video app?
NB I really don't like the way each app is its own little island and how transferring material between them can't just be drag-and-drop (as long as the file types match) and has to involve various complicated juggling acts.

Hi pogo. Thanks for the response.
Unfortunately, this approach is exactly what I have a problem with. I seems counterintuitive. A specialized app needs to be made and then bought, for each simple thing like this. I already paid for the overpriced Pages. And now I have to pay for documentstogo and hope that it does what I want? I'm trying out An app at the moment called plaintext to see if this will do it for free...
BUT, my original point still stands. I was hoping to generate a little discussion on what I see as a limitation of IOS. Something that seems so simple is such an issue. I sortof see why apple has chosen to keep us away from the file system. But I think the cost is too high. Apple, give us a 'personal' chunk of the file system that we/apps can have SHARED access to. Then maybe IOS devices really can be more than just a toy.
Another example: last night, on my android phone, I downloaded an mp3 from my browser, then opened the file manager app, moved it to the media folder, and then set it as my ringtone. No need for a PC, ever. I fail to see how anything remotely close to this level of convenience is possible on an apple Device.
Cheers,
James

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Nige

Have you tried adjusting the "Audio Out" and the "Dolby Digital" settings in settings > audio and video? It may be worth trying several combinations of these settings, although typically it is the "Dolby Digital" setting that causes most problems for users.
If you are using a sound system/receiver, make sure that you have correctly mapped the input port on your sound system to the output, if you are unsure about how to do this, refer to the manual that came with your sound system.
Have you tried playing various content sources (i.e. podcasts, music, iTunes Store video, other video etc), do you have the same problem with all types of content? If you use optical you might also check that you can see a red light at the end of your optical audio cable. Is your optical audio cable plugged straight into your sound system, or does it go through a switch or other device?

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