Watch TV Shows?
I have a 30Gb 5 generation ipod. It plays music videos, video podcasts, etc. However, I can't synch my tv shows! I always get a message saying that the items cannot be synched. I bought the tv shows from itunes so I don't understand what the problem is. I have more than enough room for the shows and I would like to be able to watch them on my ipod.
Exactly... if you have Quicktime Pro you can export the tv shows in ipod format if they aren't already in a compatible format.
My 5th gen Ipod with video is 80GB! Earlier generations came with smaller hard drives.
I'm always having the same issues with podcasts because some are in TV format, some are in 5th Gen iPod with video format and some are in HD format or .mov formats. Converting from one format to another is such a processor intensive task that it is not automated in iTunes or Quicktime. My Video iPod actually plays video podcasts better and hickups less than my iBook so its my preferred device. One way around this incompatibility bottle neck is hardware devices such as iRecord which converts tv shows on the fly into iPod and other device formats (PSP etc.) or we need to use processor intensive applications to do the same conversions.
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