Using ipad, can I play back videos stored on a USB flash stick?

I have some videos that I made stored on a USB flash memory stick. Can I play them back directly on a ipad?

John Deyulia wrote:
I have some videos that I made stored on a USB flash memory stick. Can I play them back directly on a ipad?
No, you can't. There are a couple of hard drives out there that will allow you to stream to your iPad over WiFi. Otherwise, you'll need, as the previous poster explained, sync through iTunes.

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