Request video playlist with gapless feature

I like to request Apple to enhance AppleTV with the gapless feature for the video playlist (yes, we don't even have a video playlist yet). This feature will help all of us to get around the 5GB limitation and enable users to play effectively unlimited length HD video.

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I thought that I used to be able to make iTunes video playlists and play them with the iPod app on my iPad.
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iTunes shows the iPad video playlists with videos and the playlist show up on the iPad app on the iPad but they are empty.
What am I missing?
Can I organize videos into playlists on the iPad?
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I am having the same problem and since the upgrade it's been a huge disappointment to me. I wish some developers read it and work and solving it ASAP. Not being able to organize videos in playlists rendered my ipad completely useless for me. It's an upgrade nightmare i wish it goes away soon. Good luck to us.

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http://www.relationsmith.com/gunnery/media/gunnery-media.html
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Hi,
If I have a video track with multiple alternate audio tracks (say different languages), can a user select the audio track of his choice and play in Quick time?
Thanks,
Apurva

Does quick time/ safari have this capability?
QT (i.e., the QT structure embeded in current Mac OS/device IOS versions) has the ability to switch between alternative audio tracks assuming the file is properly encoded and the compression format is supported. QT 7, QT X, iTunes, and similar app player GUIs can switch between such tracks during playback but the QT plug-in cannot. In a similar manner, devices like TV can switch between such tracks but an iPhone cannot just as an iPhone can select "Chapters" but the QT browser plug-in cannot but an iPhone file programmed with both chapters and alternate audio tracks can be played back through a TV device and access both chapters and alternative audio tracks.
What I want to use is one video track with alternate audio tracks in a set level manifest and play this using HTTP Live streaming. I'm using the manifest mentioned here :
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-07#section-8.7
Since I do not use playlists, I am not familiar with the approach in your example. If I want alternate audio and/or video tracks, I create standalone video files with these features built in. Nor do I use RTSP if that is what you mean by "live streaming" of content. If I want to "stream" the content, I use "Fast Start" files programmed to open in the QT player app which supports these features or create reference or QT Media Link files that do the same thing.
As you mentioned, Safari on my iPhone is playing the default/first alternate audio track mentioned but not giving an option to switch tracks.
Neither Safari nor the Video app GUIs on your iPhone have a built in switching option. The only way to switch to alternate audio tracks is to do so with QT 7 Pro or possibly iTunes before loading or streaming the video file. (Am still speaking about a standalone file here and not a programmed playlist/RTSP switch.)
However Quick time on my Mac machine only plays the audio with the the video stream and not the alternate audio track.
The QT player app GUI only switches between tracks that are stored as part of the standalone file. Basically, QT files may contain up to 99 individual data tracks. In alternative audio videos, multiple audio tracks are added to the file by an editor like QT 7 Pro but only one track is designated as "active." All other tracks are designated as "inactive." The QT player GUI allows the viewer to select which audio track he or she wants to hear and then turns off the current audio track and turns on the selected audio track. Otherwise all active tracks would play simultaneously.
Is there a way to switch tracks on my iPhone on Safari?
As previously noted, the default track can be manually changed by QT 7 Pro or, I believe, iTunes (used to have this capability) before actually loading or streaming content.
Does quicktime have this capability?
As far as I know, only with regard to stand alone files programmed with multiple alternate tracks. I am not a HTML, HTML5, or Java programmer so I assume there may be web alternatives here but they would be beyond the scope of my expertise.
Do you know any free player that can do this?
Again, I don't use either playlists or RTSP so I've never had a need to look for/use alternative players that might meet your needs. I simply find it easier to build files that work correctly in current player app/device GUIs already having these capabilities.
Or the very last option, can I build a player to do this? If yes can you suggest where/how I start?
Once again, I assume this might be possible but not part of my experience since, for my part, easier work flows are available.

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Instead of their just being a title for a video, I have also tried
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import fl.controls.listClasses.ImageCell;
import fl.controls.TileList;
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private var info:TextField;
private var textStyle:TextFormat;
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useHandCursor = true;
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setStyle("downSkin", ThumbCellBg);
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setStyle("selectedUpSkin", ThumbCellBgOver);
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desc.width = 500;
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desc.wordWrap = true;
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package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.Event;
import fl.controls.listClasses.CellRenderer;
import fl.controls.ScrollBarDirection;
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label:item.attribute("info").toXMLString(),
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source:thumb});;
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<playlist id="Adobe Developer Center - Dynamic Video
Playlist in AS3" >
<vid desc="Champneys Spa's and Resorts"
info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysIntro.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysIntro.jpg"
/>
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info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysAccom.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysAccom.jpg"
/>
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info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysHenlow.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysHenlow.jpg"
/>
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info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysMere.flv"
thumb="
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/>
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info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysSpings.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysSprings.jpg"
/>
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info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysTring.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysTring.jpg"
/>
<vid desc="Spa Treatments at Champneys"
info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysSpaTreat.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysSpaTreat.jpg"
/>
<vid desc="Fitness and Well-Being at Champneys"
info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysFitness.flv"
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http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysFitness.jpg"
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info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysAquaTherapy.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysAquaTherapy.jpg"
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If anyone can help that would be brilliant.

I can't pinpoint where data.label derives from, but at first
glance I'd say the problem might be between the following sets of
lines...
desc.text = data.label;
desc.setTextFormat(textStyle);
info.text = data.label;
info.setTextFormat(textStyle);

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Hello,
You should ask in the
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iPod doesn't support playlist folders. As a result, the music playlists menu is annoying to use unless I trim it down to only include some of my playlists.
The obvious way to get rid of unwanted playlists is to uncheck them in the "Music" tab under the iPod in iTunes. I did this, but some playlists just wouldn't go away. It turns out that when I am syncing "All Movies" and "All TV Shows", any unchecked playlist that contains a video will still appear in the music playlist menu. (It seems like they were always empty playlists in the iPod.)
My workaround is to sync "selected playlists" for movies and tv shows, and to create a single playlist with all my videos. That playlist still appears under the music playlist menu of the iPod, but at least it's just 1.
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With the new OS5 I have no video playlists

With the new OS5 I can not use my video playlists any longer, since the video playlists are no longer synchronized. Is there an alternative? It's not about playlists for the videos in the camera role (here Video Roll would do the job), but for video clips. Thanks!

I don’t have a solution for the issue of video playlists being removed from OS5 but I sure hope Apple returns the feature. The Video player app only shows thumbnails alphabetically. It does not provide a list view option that can be sorted by date created as the Playlists can. Neither does it allow a way to sort the videos into categories like family, work, sports, etc. Playlists are great for this. IMO, the removal of video playlists was a really BAD decision.

Playlist with mixed songs and videos

I'm trying to use a Nano to play music and videos with a projector system. I'd like to play a playlist with both mp3 audio files and mp4 music videos.
Setting up the playlist is no problem. In iTunes (Mac) it plays fine, switching between audio and video modes.
However, on my Nano, if I play the list from the Songs menu, I only get the audio from the video files. OK, fine, I understand the logic of that. But when I select the playlist from the Video Playlists menu, I only see the Videos and it won't play the music-only files.
Is there any way to get the Nano to play the mixed playlist like iTunes does?
Cliff

You can't do it with the iPod nano, but I have been doing it with a 5th gen for several years. I was shocked to find out this feature is now gone in the new nano. I'm guessing (but would like confirmation) that the same is true for the iPod classic since they use the same GUI/OS.
I sent feedback to Apple here - http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipodnano.html
Maybe if more folks who want that feature back, Apple will fix it.

How can you create a playlist with music and music video and play those from same playlist through Apple TV?

How can you create a playlist on Ipod touch with music and music video, and play those from same playlist through Apple TV? I can download, create a playlist with both music and music video, stream that through the Apple TV with no problem. The sound and the information show up on the TV, but when it gets to a music video, it only shows the information and "artwork".
I also have a video playlist - videos play fine through the Apple TV, but will not shuffle through all videos - continues to repeat the same one. I have most definitely selected shuffle in both locations - from the playlist and on the ipod video screen while video is playing.

I finally got it... had to sync the photos with the music in iMovie, arrange the voiceover in GarageBand then export to iTunes, and then I was able to put it all together in iMovie and burn in iDVD... had a few glitches along the way but finally finished : )
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Hy i Upgrade my iPhone and now my mp4 Data are in the file Video and i can't make any Playlist with them! Any idea?

Hy i Upgrade my iPhone and now my mp4 Data are in the file Video and i can't make any Playlist with them! Any idea?

I'm having the same issue, i restored my phone to Factory settings, even tried restoring it to my backup, half of my music bought from itunes won't play on my iphone and i'm super annoyed, this only happened once i updated to ios 7.2 so i assume its another glitch to go with my imessages not sending, getting sick of this.

Bug? Smart Playlists with Video Kind as Music Video.

Can someone confirm? If you make a Smart Playlist with the rule "Video Kind is Music Video", nothing happens. If you edit the playlist, no rules are displayed...
Strangely, however, my legacy Smart Playlist from a previous version of iTunes that contains similar criteria continues to work.
Steve.

Yup, I can confirm. The whole Video Kind rule doesn't seem to work. I did report it but more voices couldn't hurt.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

Playlist with Video

New ITouch and discovering what it can and cannot do. So far I am dancing in the streets because I was able to make playlist with music videos in it. I do find a small anomaly that I want to ask about. The only way I was able to do this I found by accident. If I make a playlist with only videos it shows up in the playlist when displayed through Itunes, but the iTouch doesn't seem to know about the playlist until I add at least one audio file. Then it appears on the iTouch and works exactly as I expected a playlist to work. If I delete the audio file from the playlist the whole playlist disappears again from the iTouch. I consider this a small price to pay for someone finally allowing videos in playlists. Is this the way it is supposed to work?

thanks! you're a lifesaver. looks like apple didnt have it all figured out

Design a Apple HDTV with Video-calling, FaceTime, iTunes features and enter the HDTV market.

Apple please design a APPLE BRAND HDTV with FaceTime feature and revolutionize the HDTV with a built-in camera, with FaceTime and video-calling and iTunes features. Cisco is to expensive. Thus, making a video-call from my Apple HDTV to my iPhone or someone' Apple HDTV will be remarkable.

They won't be listening as this is a user to user forum.
I'm sure they'd be conducting the appropriate market reserach about other product avenues.
Real question if they ever did produce an integrated TV would be if it would sell well enough - imagine the Apple price premium on the TV and features and it probably wouldn't look as attractive to avreage consumers.
I would not rush out to buy a new TV just to do facetime on it.
The advantage of the STB approcah is it would be far easier for people to 'upgrade' their exisiting and perfectly good TVs if an STB could handle a 'plug and play' webcam over USB.
AC

160GB (Video Playlist Usage Help Request)

Hi all... first time posting here... first time here.
Anyway, I've got a 160GB iPod Classic. I finally placed some videos on it and promptly made some playlists through iTunes.
My problem is that I can only play one video at a time and when it finishes it starts over again (never moving on to the next video in the playlst). Also, I can't seem to skip to the next clip using the >>| key. I can fast forward or pres |<< to reset the video though.
I've noticed that when I try to play the playlist outright by pressing the >|| on the playlist (vs going to the clip as I did above), the playlist will show an "audio note" icon and then says "1 of 0" and scrolls the title of the clip but never plays the clip.
Is there something about setting up a video playlist I'm missing? Or did I make a mistake by placing all my clips into the "movies" section and then making playlists through iTunes (they all showed up mixed in with the audio playlists... but are showing up correctly in the "video playlists" section of my iPod)?
I guess I assumed I could play my video clips just like my music and my music playlists... by skipping to the next clip, making a playlist and even shuffling that playlist to get "random episodes" to play.
Am I wrong to think that or have I simply done something wrong with creating my lists or syncing the iPod.
If it helps the clips/video are in the "M4V" format.
thanks for any tips or help,
TK.

Thank you for the reply... I'm still having trouble though.
I can't seem to find the "options tab" you spoke of so I can't go any further than that.
This is what I've done so far:
Got the videos in the M4V format for iPod...
I then moved/copied them into my directly onto my iPod through iTunes, the files synced and they show up on my iPod...
I then made playlists by right clicking my iPod and using "new playlist"...
I then selected the clips I wanted for each playlist and moved/copied them to the playlist I wanted...
I then removed my iPod from my PC and am able to play any of the clips either by going to the "movies" section or by going into my "video playlists" section, but I can only play one clip at a time and at the end of the clip my iPod only restarts the same clip. I can't skip to another clip and the playlists themselves don't play as described above. In order to play another clip I have to back out of the current clip using the "menu" button and then select a new clip.
In iTunes when I right click on any of the movies I only get the following options: Get info, rating, reset play count, reset skip count, uncheck selection, mark as not new, show in playlist, copy, delete, apply sort field.
When I right click a playlist I get the following options: copy, eject, copy to play order, transfer purchases, reset warnings, delete.
I also checked all the "file, edit, view, etc" top bar options and couldn't find anything relating to "skip during shuffle".
Lastly, I've double checked my iPod settings and it appears that all my playlists are setup to shuffle and repeat.
I'm still willing to try what you said if I can find it, lol.
Here's my iTunes version: 8.0.2.20
Here's my iPod software version: 1.1.2 (iPod Classic 160GB with 148.79GB free currently).
thank you again for any more suggestions or tips,
TK.

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