Video not working on new ipod nano (3rd gen)

Just bought a new generation ipod nano. When registering, I got a free movie short and a TV show episode. It did not seem to fully download on to Itunes. I have updated itunes to 7.5. I get an error message that says that I can't play video on my new ipod nano, which it clearly has the capability to do. Any suggestions? Not sure how to re-download freebie video and TV shows.

Does the video play in iTunes
if so right click and select "convert to ipod/iphone format"
if not click "store" in the bar and click "check for purchaces"

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The title of this post pretty much says it all. Got me my new iPod Nano 3rd gen. yesterday. Brought it home, booted up the puter, loaded iTunes and plugged that sucker in. Well first iTunes kindly instructed me that I would have to download it's newest software, which I did.
Then soon afterwards when I thought i was set, I plugged in my new 3rd gen iPod Nano to the pc and as soon as I did that my pc shut down completely, and restarted. Shut down is putting it mildly, I mean it just went 'kablink" and then was restarting.
I tried uninstalling iTunes, cleaning my temp folder, my internet cache, then reinstalling iTunes anew, still nada. All to no avail, people, because each and everytime I plug in my new iPod Nano, no sooner than i do this my pc summarily goes "kablink" on me and starts booting up again.
NOW I STILL have my iPod Nano 2nd gen, and it works fine, even with the newest iTunes software, it doesn't screw up my pc like the new 3rd gen iPod Nano does.
Now I am to conclude that the problem lies in the 3rd gen iPod itself. How could it not? My iPod Nano 2nd gen works absolutely fine, and everytime I plug in my new iPod Nano, I shut down in a flash withtout fail. Anyone of you have this error? I would love to know short of calling iTunes tech support about what to do about this, this is a MAJOR bummer for sure. Now I have to be concerened about whether or not I am ever going to get this thing to work now.
Is the iPod broken? If not why the shutdowns then? Please advise. Many thanks in advance.

Hey, I bought an iPod nano 3rd gen yesterday and I have exactly the same prolem you are describing in your message. Have you found any solution to this?

Will my computer read my new ipod nano 3rd gen?

i just bought a new ipod nano 3rd gen from circuit city before i opened it i looked on the back and saw system requirments it says nothing about being compatible with windows xp media center edition and i have windows XP media center edition 2002 sp2. will the ipod nano 3rd gen work with my computer?

Yes it will work fine. iTunes just needs XP and doesn't really care what sort of crazy version that came with whatever computer you bought. It is still just XP maybe configured or a little more specifically.
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Just received new iPod Nano 3rd Generation 4GB today. Have new notebook computer for 3 months with latest version of iTunes. New iPod Nano is not recognized by iTunes and cannot do a darn thing with it. All I want is my music. What is the problem and how do I fix it?

Start by working through all of the troubleshooting suggestions here.
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I've done what it says to do, and I have rebooted etc.. it just won't work.

Hi thesquib,
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No, I was hoping no one would say that. It is not a bad file because, on my nano 2nd gen 8 GB, every song was transferred. Plus, it stops at a different song each time and I have watched the top and still couldn't find where it stops. My question is still unanswered.

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ok i received a 3rd gen nano as a gift brand new sealed. i have a new 80 classic so i just saved it in my desk. i turned it on to look at it and select language when i first got it but that was it. now it's been 3 months sitting, now i want to use it so i had my friend sync it to his itunes to get different music. ok it loaded all songs, charged up and worked fine now a week later went to charge it off my computer and it wont charge and itunes wont reconize it. wall charger wont charge it either. the computer reconizes it as a "usb mass storage device" pops up. took back to my friends and did the same thing. bottom line it wont charge or reconize on itunes. any help?
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Hi thesquib,
Have you tried connecting your iPod to your computer in Disk Mode? Sometimes if an iPod is in disk mode it will be recognized better by the computer.
For instructions, see this article:
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Also, did you try all of these five steps?:
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I kept having a similar problem - 3 out of the 10 videos I had on iTunes wouldn't sync. They were in the right format and I KNEW they worked on my iPod because I'd RECORDED them on my iPod. I finally figured out what to do! Go to the movies in your iTunes library. Click on one that does not sync. Click on "Advanced" at the top of iTunes and choose "Create iPod or iPhone version". Once that's finished, be sure you delete the old version so you don't keep getting the error (or have 2 copies of the same video) and sync. This should eliminate the problem. At least it did for me!

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I'm not sure about the error message, but it might just be easier to use an application such as Handbrake or MPEG Streamclip to create an iPod compatible version of the video.
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have deleted Mass storage devices and Apple Moble Devices
unpluged computer from wall
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its got to be the software download from itunes because it has worked on all previous versions.

I have the same problem. My Iphone 4s works fine when docked to PC. PC won't recognize my 3rd Gen Nano. Same goes for my Work PC. They don't recognize it nor will plugging it in to a PC charge it. I have to plug it into wall socket to charge.
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Must be the Nano itself if it doesn't get recognized by mutliple PCs?
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I need help restoreing my ipod nano 3rd gen so its like new

Plug it to your computer using iPod USB Cable (any cable should work excluding iPhone 5 and Shuffle cables)...... when you see your iPod in iTunes go to that iPod and click restore...... the whole process should take (depending on what you have on your iPod and its is up to date) it should take no longer than 30 minutes...... then it will ask if you want to set up as new iPod or restore from back-up (itunes back up), since you said:
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Go to the Apple icon in the upper left corner and select 'About this Mac' - it will show you which version of OSX you are using.
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I tried adding a movie video to my ipod nano (3rd gen) and it took up the space when I synced it but when I ejected and went to find it on my ipod it wasn't there. There was no video file to find but the space was indeed used. My husband has a Ipod classic and the same movie synced onto his ipod and my daughter has the ipod nano 4th gen and she was able to view movie also. Is the 3rd Gen nano not video compatible? Thanks in advance for your help in this matter.

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Dear all,
I recently purchased an iPod Nano 3rd Gen for my wife. I have been using a mac for 7 years, still have my first iPod 5GB scroll wheel as well as a 60 GB iPod video 5.5 Gen.
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iPod Nano connected via dock (which is in a USB hub...could that cause problems?)
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Update iPod Nano software to 1.0.2.
iPod then, halfway through syncing, flashes the Apple Logo every 6-7 secs and then does the same again.
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Hi,
Same thing just happened to me - I have put the Nano 3G into disk mode (hold Menu and Select for 10 seconds then immediately hold Play/Pause and Select).
Just doing a factory restore now, that should bring it back to a brand new state and will try again from there.

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