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I have the app Photos on my iPad mini, on iOS 7.
I am viewing a stream shared by a friend.
When I am on a photo, I can save it to my Camera Roll.
But, when I am on a video, I cannot save it to my Camera Roll. The feature is missing.
1) How can I save a video to my Camera Roll ?
I want preferably a solution that do not need a computer.
2) Bonus question : Why has Apple limited this feature to photos ?
A photo stored in the Camera Roll is permanently stored on your device (until you delete it). Only 1,000 photos are saved in the Photo Stream on an iOS device, so if enough photos are uploaded to your Photo Stream the old ones will be purged. (But a Mac or PC will save all of the photos in your Photo Stream by default.)
According to Apple, the downscaling does only apply on iOS devices — if you have Photo Stream set up on your computer, those photos will be full-resolution.
On your Mac or PC, your photos are downloaded and stored in full resolution. On your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple TV, your Photo Stream photos are delivered in a device-optimized resolution that speeds downloads and saves storage space.
Yes — to delete multiple photos, just tap the action button in the upper right corner, select some photos, and tap the Delete button.
A hacky and maybe risky workaround which worked for me was suggested here:
PhotoData folderPhotos.sqlite
Best Answer
Apple doesn't have a solution on iOS to accomplish this. I've not found any third party app from the App Store that will read the shared stream videos or receive a paste event (you can copy the video from Photos app on iOS, but pasting it anywhere seems to not work for me on iOS 8.x)
I use iPhoto on OS X to view the shared video and then import them into my library. From there, I can get the videos onto iOS. Not exactly your preferred solution, but it works well enough for me.