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New iPods - Video Support, TV Episodes, Music Videos

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gotta love steve jobs and his contradictions.. i mean heck its hilarious! one day he says one thing another day its something else. this just proves that you can never take his word on anything he says.. and if you do, he is probably going to do the exact opposite! i think i have figured out the business mogul that is the "steve jobs".. entrepenuers, take notice... hehe :eek:
 
just started itunes 6 again and there are now links to music videos, pixar movies and tv shows.

music videos and pixar movies works. But when clicking on tv shows, it goes to browse mode and no tv shows are to be found.
 
vincentf said:
You may not want to buy an epidode, but somone without a DVR who just missed an episode of their favorite show sure would. And, if you ever leave your house, you may not have access to your DVR. Think about it a little more.
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Yep. This would have been handy the other week when Adelphia had a major outage, causing millions of customers to miss 'Lost'. I didn't care, but my wife did, so she ended up going to a friend's house to watch a tape of it. She would have gladly paid the $2 to download via iTMS and watch on the computer.

Of course, ABC heard about this and later decided to re-show that episode, so none of this would have been necessary anyway. :rolleyes:
 
Found a way to get to the videos!
When you see the image on the front page for the music store, click on Garth Brooks' image. You'll go to the page for the videos. Now, go down and on the left you'll have genres. Congrats. Click it, and you'll get to the browse videos feature, bypassing the fact there isn't a way to go to it via browse other than this.
 
80GB?????!

Where are the damn 80GB iPods already???? Esp. now that they want us to save video? Uh, DUH!!! Definitely not happy or impressed with this.
 
Aqua Structure said:
Also true. The new iPod just comes with a USB cable and has been ever since the Click Wheel iPods. But if you have a Firewire dock connector cable, it should work fine.
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You may be right, but I somehow doubt it based on the nano. The nano can be CHARGED via FW, but it cannot be SYNCED via FW.
 
TV Show quality

I can't download the videos here, but for those of you who have downloaded a TV show from iTunes, what is the quality (bitrate) of the video? And what resolution?
 
yg17 said:
Anyone know if FrontRow will be available for other Macs?


And why iTunes 6? Why not just 5.1?
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It's all marketing. My guess is that Apple wanted to mark "6" as the introduction of stand-alone video downloads to the store. Also, it makes sense to have 6 out now so that Apple can have an all "6" lineup when iLife 6 comes out in January; iTunes probably will not change significantly between now and January when iLife 6 will probably be announced (based on the last two Januarys).
 
so far after messing around with itunes and some files i had lying around. You can import movies of higher resolution than the ipod (h.264 files at dvd resolutons work fine), but you cant import mpeg-4 content (divx or xvid) in any container (.mp4 or .avi) lame.
 
I gotta know!!

Since .mov supports .swf playback, can you now play .swf's on your iPod?!!?!?!?!

Im dying to know!!!!!!!!! That would be HUGE!
 
LaMerVipere said:
I just bought a 60GB iPod 3 weeks ago.

I am exactly 1 week beyond the 14 day return cut off.

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F******************ck.
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Do you really want or need portable video? Sell it and buy a new one. Otherwise enjoy what you have. It's win-win, and either choice is better than having it stolen like my 60 GB was a few months ago... :eek: ;)
 
Okay, okay. Let's all take a deep breath. It seems a lot of people are getting ancy and frustrated about this iPod update, and clearly some of you just aren't thinking right.

First, don't look at this as an iPod video, look at is a new iPod that now has an added bonus of playing video, only (and I emphasize this) if you want! They aren't charging more money so is there really anything to complain about?!?

Let's look at the bright side ---

for the same price as a 30 or 60 gig photo cost yesterday, you now get:

- Larger crisper higher color screens
- Thin and sleek looks that come in at just around a half an inch thick
- Black and White color offerings
- Video out, and video playback
- Ability to buy videos and TV shows from iTMS
- Longer battery life
- New iPod remote

Apple did it perfectly. They released a video iPod with content that is really solid. The idea of having TV shows at your finger tips any time, and keeping them as long as you want is pretty slick. Plus, keep in mind this is just the beginning. There is a high chance we will see more TV shows added, and maybe even eventually movies. Plus, in the end, the iPod is still an iPod!!! It's simple, sleek, sexy, and used to listen to music.

People need to realize what Apple just did, it's not like they are bludgeoning young children or something. Really, they just upgraded the iPod in a hell of a lot of ways for the exact same price. I don't give a damn about what people say, these new iPods are a great deal for the money. Regardless if you plan to watch video or not you are going to be happy with a half inch thick iPod with a nice crisp screen.

Can anyone logically argue that I am wrong?
 
Now I am really torn, I am really happy with the video cap. and the smaller size. But I was counting on 80GB. I know if I buy it now, an 80GB will sneek out right after christmas.

Grrrr... I'll probaby just buy it anyway.

When I get off work I am going to download some TV episodes, I am really wondering about the quality.

The export to video in QT was a good find, I hope it works well.
 
nagromme said:
What's the harm in it? It means you buy ONE Dock and it will work with ALL your (current generation) iPods--that's what the little adapter is for that comes with nanos and the new iPods. Third parties can use it too. It's a great convenience all around.

AND the new universal dock has a receiver for the Apple/iMac remote!
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so you are saying that i dont need to purchase the dock separately?? im co sonfused...
 
I got to the TV shows page, similar to Pixar's, so it's up there, but not linked correctly. Hopefully they'll start adding other shows soon, there's only about 5 different ones available.
 
I might get one, a friend just offered me $200 for my Nano.

$100 for a Black, 30gig, video iPod would be pretty sweet. I'm going to sleep on it and see what I think tomorrow.
 
S_Chandler said:
I can't download the videos here, but for those of you who have downloaded a TV show from iTunes, what is the quality (bitrate) of the video? And what resolution?
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I d'ld weapon of choice (Christopher Walken dancing)
it is 19 MB 25fps bit rate 679.81 and compressed as mv4 AVCO Media codec.
looks good till about double size 640X480
don't go full screen on a 23"er kinda fuguly. But should look just fine for regular ntsc output, not to mention the viPod.
mdr
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Tried to export it to regular quicktime no go some sort of protection thing :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
 
Yes! Video iPod! Very thin! :)

One thing will hold be of from buying it though - its USB-only. As you probably figued out, my eMac has USB 1.1 and it would take AGES to fill up the new iPod. So I keep my U2 1st gen with FireWire cable until I get the new Mac (no new Mac for me for at least half a year... :( )

Why they get rid of their VERY good technology (FireWire)???
 
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