Chapter 14. It’s Showtime: Video on the iPod
You’ll learn to:
Add videos to iTunes
Play videos in iTunes
Sync videos to your ‘Pod
Play movies, TV shows, and music videos on your iPod
Play videos on a big-screen TV
VIDEO-PLAYING IPODS HAVE BEEN around since October 2005, when Apple introduced that year’s player with a video chip on the inside and a video screen on the outside. Among the 2012 iPods, the Touch, the Nano, and the faithful old Classic all play moving pictures.
The iPod Touch, with its high-resolution, 3.5-inch screen, has become the premier video iPod on all levels. After two years of tiny, video-free Nano models, Apple restored video playback to the 2012 Nano and its 2.5-inch screen.
Touch, Nano, or Classic—no matter which iPod you use, you’re not stuck watching just 2- or 3-minute music videos. As explained in the previous chapter, the iTunes Store has all kinds of cinematic goodies you can buy: full-length Hollywood movies and entire seasons or single episodes of TV shows. Some videos even come in super-sharp, high-definition format, which looks great on both your TV and your computer screen. And yes, if you want music videos, like the kind MTV used to play back when it, uh, played music, you can choose from thousands of them.
This chapter shows you how to get videos from computer to iPod—and how to enjoy them on your own shirt-pocket cinema.
Add Your Own Videos to iTunes
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