Move a movie rental from the Apple TV to the iPad

I'm not sure if this will work in your case, but someone on this forum seems to have had some success in a similar situation by simply changing the file extention from .mp4 to .m4v.

They were also using handbrake.

According to the FAQ - you should be able to move a rental that was first purchased and downloaded to a Mac as many times as you wish - but it can only be on one device at any point in time. You need to be connected to the internet when you move the rental file.

In your case, just find the rental on the device in iTunes and transfer it back to the iTunes library.

Expand the section named - Can I play my rental on more than one device? for the exact wording by Apple on this.

If you rented it on iOS - It's not possible without cracking the DRM as rentals from iOS or AppleTV stay on that one device and cannot be transferred.