Does if they're on the tablet, if you stream however then there is no way that I can ascertain to make VLC the default player and so the file is not recognised.
If anyone knows better however, am happy to learn for future!
Alas I do, for work and play, and iPads cannot do so without third party paid for apps.
Indeed, you are fortunate and this will not affect you with regards to this particular thread.
Just a personal view, missus has iPad, I have Sony Xperia. Love mine, don't need apps when streaming mkvs or issues with flac files. The turning point for me was when Sky Go stopped working on my 1st edition iPad as you needed iOS6 or whatever and so she had to buy a new one. Whilst this has...