Comments on: Disappointed with Video iPod – help!

By: chris mcinerney

chris mcinerney — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:36:49 +0000

I have had my ipod video (30GB)for 6 months and it has woeked really well and it has worked with iTunes well and all that but now if I press the buttons the screen doesnt come on and if I plug it in to itunes the screen doesnt come on and iTunes says that it has been corrupted but i havent dropped it or anything whats gone wrong with my ipod?

By: Ajit Jaokar

Ajit Jaokar — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:47:50 +0000

many thanks for all the comments all. I thought I was making a mistake .. apparantly not. The official response is: ‘Coming soon ..’ i.e. indeed there is no video content as such. Ofcourse we can get video podcasts from anywhere but iTunes itself does not have any video content for the uk.

By: Sandeep

Sandeep — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:47:37 +0000

Ajit:
I just saw this post and it reminded me of why I choose the Creative Zen over the iPod Video. It was not so much an iTunes availability issue, as much as the ability to use something already available to me, which the iPod would not allow me to use
While the Zen is not as slick as the iPod, it has proven to be a wise choice.
I wrote about it here – http://www.kaujalgi.net/?p=51

By: mturro

mturro — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:48:21 +0000

I usually get my viedo from the internet at large (Google, Fora.tv, etc) not itunes. After download just import it into itunes (itunes will play anything that quicktime will). If it isn't ipod compatible you can convert it using "Convert selction for iPod" from itunes "Advanced" menu. See: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302758

By: Holger

Holger — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:11:40 +0000

I assume that Apple has not acquired the distribution rights for video content in the UK.
So, one way would be to convert the content by hand into the right format (e.g. with MediaCoder or Videora iPod Converter) – for which you would, of course, need some input files…
Not as nice as using iTunes, but one way to feed your iPod with content

By: Ian Hay

Ian Hay — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:35:09 +0000

yes there isn’t much there unless you like Pixar short movies (which are good) but not a lot of other choice as yet, blame the majors or the legal wranglers I guess, or use content you have already

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:28:28 +0000

It is extremely disappointing. We developed a beta product where if you have a TV tuner card you can automatically record shows and copy them to your iPod, but we found the penetration of video iPods is so low in the UK that no one wanted to take it up!