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iPod touch iPod Touch Rental Movies.

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hngo4619

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Sep 6, 2008
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Well, I was just wondering about rental movies in iTunes. If you rent a movie in iTunes, could you convert it into your iPod Touch and if you could, how long will it last? Also, if the movie did expire, what would happen if I had it converted to my iPod Touch? Would, it delete itself the next time I connected my iPod Touch to the computer, somehow delete itself on my iPod Touch after the movie expires, or would it stay on forever (highly unlikely but it would make my day :D:D)?

I appreciate any information you could give me.
 
From Apple:
Rentals to go.
Movies you rent from the iTunes Store transfer to your iPod1 or iPhone to watch on the go. Either device remembers where you stopped watching on your computer and picks up where you left off.​
Link

If it expires, I believe it will automatically delete itself from your iPod touch (as soon as the movie is finished).
 
EricNau said:
From Apple:
Rentals to go.
Movies you rent from the iTunes Store transfer to your iPod1 or iPhone to watch on the go. Either device remembers where you stopped watching on your computer and picks up where you left off.​
Link

If it expires, I believe it will automatically delete itself from your iPod touch (as soon as the movie is finished).
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Really? I didn't think that they would actually have it remotely delete itself. Very good. I don't want to use $15 on a movie though. Although, it is cheaper than a DVD and I don't have to waste gas to go and buy it.

So you're certain that they'll delete themselves after the movie is done playing or the movie expires, right?


EDIT: I looked at all the FAQ's and info that apple has put out about rented movies and all it says is that it'll delete itself from the iTunes library. Nowhere have I seen that it says it'll delete itself from your iPod or iPhone. I guess I'll have to rent it, sync it onto my iPod, and see what happens.

Also, could you burn the movie onto a disc after you've rented it? It doesn't seem likely that iTunes would allow this without somehow trying to prevent it but I'm certain there's a way to burn it onto a disc.
 
Night Spring said:
Oh, okay.

If you want to get and keep movies without paying iTunes prices for them, there are other ways... ;)
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I know of a number of ways but when the ways that I'm using don't have the movies that I want or the quality and audio is crappy, I feel like going legitimate you know? Haha. I usually use the method that I said in this post, if you want to know. It's really effective and the quality and sound of the movie is really good depending on which quality you chose to convert it to.

hngo4619 said:
Well, I haven't tried to buy movies from iTunes yet but the movies that I have been downloading, converting, and syncing to my iPod have all been DVD quality, or close to it.

Here's a step by step procedure of what I do:

1) You have to download Videora iPod Converter. It's free and downloads in less than a minute.

2) I use LimeWire and you just search the movie up. Usually, you should find one that is ALREADY ON DVD so that it's not some recorded movie from a video camera in theatres or a virus.

3) Then, find the one with the most Hosts that also has the largest or 2nd-3rd largest file size. That way, the quality is a lot better. It doesn't really matter what the movie file type is since you have Videora downloaded. I usually use the .avi file types since most movies are that type and they also usually have the best quality out of all the movie types that I've seen so far.

4) If you downloaded a movie that isn't a file type that's compatible with iTunes/Quicktime/Your iPod, you load Videora, and follow the instructions and start converting the movie.

5) At the end, you'll come to a menu screen that'll ask you what quality you want it, what format, etc. Keep the video format, and video size the same way as they were, don't change those settings. For the Video Quality, Enhance quality, and Audio Quality, you change change it however you like but the file size gets bigger and the conversion time takes longer.

My way usually takes an hour or two longer than a normal movie downloaded in iPod format would, but the quality is a lot better overall. Plus, I leave it to convert overnight so I don't have to sit around waiting for it, and since I leave it to convert overnight and rarely anyone uses it, I can go into the "Progress" tab, and click the "Show Conversion Details" box and then change the CPU Usage to Low. This will, in theory, and very likely, increase the speed of the conversion although the times that I've done this, I didn't really notice a change but perhaps I'm just missing it. Anyway, this is my way and you can do anyway you like but this is really effective for changing ANY file type to iPod format, and it's free too. Plus, in certain cases, you might be able to download a video offline using Videora in the "Online Video" tab. :D:D:D:D:D
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I believe you are in error about the price of the movies. Movies in Itunes that you buy are $9.99 or $14.99, not the rental ones which are usually $3.99 or so. If you buy them they are yours forever as long as you keep them in the library or have them backed up some way, and yes you are allowed to burn them to a dvd to use. You cannot burn the rental ones. All of this information should be on the instructions when you download them in itunes, or at Apple.com. I believe the rental ones are only in your library for a limited time, before they are deleted. I hope this helped some.
 
yawnyj said:
I believe you are in error about the price of the movies. Movies in Itunes that you buy are $9.99 or $14.99, not the rental ones which are usually $3.99 or so. If you buy them they are yours forever as long as you keep them in the library or have them backed up some way, and yes you are allowed to burn them to a dvd to use. You cannot burn the rental ones. All of this information should be on the instructions when you download them in itunes, or at Apple.com. I believe the rental ones are only in your library for a limited time, before they are deleted. I hope this helped some.
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I believe that I stated the prices for movies were $9.99 or $14.99 and rentals are $2.99 or $3.99.

Anyways, thanks for the information.
 
Ipod rental movies

Oops. Sorry, you were talking about rental movies and I did not see where you differentiated between the two types in the post.
 
The information in Apple.com or iTunes only says that the movie will delete itself from iTunes after it expires but it doesn't say anything about on an iPod but I did some hands-on research and found out that it still has a 30-day expiration date and if you watch it, there's still a 24-hour time limit and afterwards, it'll automatically delete itself from the iPod. Thanks for all the help guys and I know someone's stated this information before too.
 
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