Can I play full-length movies? if so, how?

i'm new to ipod, just purchased a 60gb video... now, i'm trying to figure out how to purchase and play full-lenth movies or tv shows on my ipod... i see they have movie trailers on the site, but dont see anything about purchasing the full show.... can someone help? thanx in advance

First off any kind of video work requires a computer that is up to the task. Video conversion puts a lot of stress on hardware. In any case you should have a second clean harddrive, plenty of memory and a fast CPU with a good power supply (400 watts). If you are having trouble getting the software to even run, then you have problems with your operating system that need to be fixed first.

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Okay I am new at this iPod thing. I have held out til now so that I can watch movies on it. So I am thinking about buying this new iPod, but I am not sure it will be worth it unless I know if eventually I will be able to purchase full length movies from iTunes. It seems that they only have movie trailers on iTunes right now. Or is it easy to convert DVD's that I already own to get them to play on the iPod? Since iTunes isn't very clear on this subject... can someone help me out here? It would be greatly appreciated.

Jennifer - it is absolutely fantastic. I've bought every ipod since they came out, and almost every bit of mac kit available - and this is, I think, the most impressive yet.
Ripping dvds is very very simple using free software (Handbrake for the mac,though there are PC programs too), though time-wise can be a labour of love if you have a big collection. It is eminently watchable on the ipod screen, or else is perfectly good plugged into a TV.
Lots of excellent posts in this forum tell you how to convert your DVDs.
I love it - it's huge on the WOW factor. Buy one immediately!
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Hi mdr1976,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
You can use iTunes Match to access your entire iTunes library on your computer and iOS devices.
You can access your iTunes library on your Apple TV using Home Sharing, which is why it only works when your MacBook is turned on.
See these articles for more information about Home Sharing:
Understanding Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3819
Setting up Home Sharing for Apple TV (2nd generation and 3rd generation)
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4352
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Jeremy

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Phil0124: Sorry, I guess that I may not have communicated clearly initially. The reason that I asked about the DVD reading capability in the first place is that I would like to be able to watch a movie "stand-alone" (like on an airplane) on my iPad without having an internet connection. If VUDU is strickly a streaming service that wouldn't satisfy my needs after all. After looking into the iTunes store offerings, I can see that I can either purchase a movie or rent one from them. Either way, as I understand it, the content would then reside in a file in the iTunes folder in my computer (if rented, this would just be temporarily) and could be viewed on my computer and/or transferred to my iPad for viewing. Considering the legal question, isn't there a copy being made and transferred into my possession. So,what's up with that?
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