Is there a converter or something I can DL to play MPEG's on my iPad?

 

"mpeg" just refers to a container-- you need to specify what codec is being used for compression.

Chances are, quicktime will do it. If not, try handbrake.

 

You're speaking another language- Engrish paweeze

 

download FFMpegX

 

Try the VLC app. It plays almost every format !

 

I just did this conversion a few hours ago coincidentally with WinX HD Video Converter for Mac. WinX HD Video Converter - Convert among Various HD Video Formats & Convert between HD Video and regular Video Converter

 

MPEG Streamclip. Simple and works great.

Squared 5 - MPEG Streamclip video converter for Mac OS X

 

I'm going to send up another vote for HandBrake here. It's open source, and written by insane Frenchmen that know exactly what they're doing. It loads a lot of formats, and encodes some of the best h.264 mp4s. There are a lot of bizarre bits of software out there "Supervideo H.264 Ultra Encoder Home Edition" but side-by-side these tend to not feature most of the higher-end features of the compression codec, or expose you to enough of the options.

 

So I can download this on my Laptop and it'll get my ipad to play MPEG's?

 

I think Handbrake is very neat and quick for that kind of stuff:
HandBrake

If VLC is still in the Appstore you can install that on your iPad and just drag any videos onto the iPad through iTunes.

Edit: just read that the VLC app has been removed as I think it wasn't actually VLC themselves who had uploaded it. I hope it appears again, but if you downloaded before you can still use it