CAN'T get videos on my ipod although there on itunes.......

Question

when i try to add a video to my ipod (30GB) it says that some files such as (name here) could not be copied to this ipod because they can not be played on this ipod what do i do??? im totally lost help anyone someone.. thanks in advance!!

Answer 1

First of all, are your video files .mp4 files? If not you can do one of two things. One, you can buy or download and conversion program, or two, you can cheat and do what I did. (If you run on windows xp)
1. Save the files on your computer somewhere. If it is more than one file, save all of the files in a new folder.
2. Go to my computer and find your files.
3. Rename them so that you know what order they go in (most of the time if you get the files off of a DVD you have somewhere around 50 files that say Titleo1_01Chapter01, or something like that) and make sure that at the end of the name you put .mp4 ex) The Phantom of the Opera.mp4
You may loose some of the quality, but since it will be playing on a small screen, you won't notice it very much.
4. Go to itunes and click on your ipod in the source list.
5. Check “Manually Manage Music and Videos”. (If you haven't updated yet, right-click on your iPod in the source list, and select Preferences. Then go to the iPod tab, and select “manually Manage Music and Videos.”)
6. Click movies in the source list.
7. Click file, and select "add file" or "add folder". This depends on whether it is a bunch of files in a folder, or one file.
8. Now the file/files should be appear in the movie tab. Drag and drop it/them onto your iPod.
NOTE: YOU HAVE SELECTED MANUALY MANAGE MUSIC AND MOVIES. THIS MEANS THAT YOU MUST EJECT YOUR IPOD BEFORE DISCONECTING IT. To do this click the eject icon next to your iPod in the source list.