iPod Question

by **Jugs** on Fri Nov 25, 2005 9:08 pm

That's gay then. I would love to put all my funny .wmv videos like people getting kicked in the balls.

I would be so popular.

:cry:

by **SkipToMy_Lou** on Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:38 pm

Jae wrote:Not quite, you've gotta convert video files to MPEG-4 or something before you can put them on the iPod. It's starting to piss me off, they're all some weird Mac file format I can't open without endlessly downloading.

It ain't that hard...just annoying when you first get it and your looking to test it out. Then finding out you gotta search the damn internet for a convertor and then converting the files itself

http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/

That's what Im using at the moment, good free convertor.

What videos do you have on your comp ? maybe we can sure some.

by **J@3** on Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:09 am

Yeah I managed to find that after about 2 hours of searching (and not checking the NLSC :doh:

) and now it's working great. I've just got some Top 10 highlight clips, and an episode of The Simpsons. I haven't had ADSL long enough to "get" anything decent, although I will rip my copy of Boys In The Hood 8-)

by **cklitsie** on Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:31 am

Jae wrote:Yeah I managed to find that after about 2 hours of searching (and not checking the NLSC ) and now it's working great. I've just got some Top 10 highlight clips, and an episode of The Simpsons. I haven't had ADSL long enough to "get" anything decent, although I will rip my copy of Boys In The Hood

I have an Gmini 400, with a video screen too. I've put some NBA games on there that were .avi or .mpg already because converting stuff like that takes sooooo long.
I only converted one of those huge files yet, a 42-minute NBA 0405 Season mix. :proud:

Do you have any tips of what kind of stuff to put on there though, I never really have time to just watch a whole movie on my mp3 player so I'm looking for some stuff that's about 30 minutes? :wink:

ps. if you still need some converting prog's just let me know, I got some when I bought that thing.

by **J@3** on Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:43 am

Well on mine I've got a bunch of 2 minute top 10 play of the day clips, also just short clips like Kobe's dunk on Howard, Kobe dunking on Jordan... Kobe doing various other things. Apparentely it's got a 2 hour battery life with the video going non stop, so I guess if you put an entire movie on it's pushing it.

I think most peoples NBA mixes are around 30-40 minutes if you wanna go that way.

by **SkipToMy_Lou** on Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:37 am

Jae wrote:Well on mine I've got a bunch of 2 minute top 10 play of the day clips, also just short clips like Kobe's dunk on Howard, Kobe dunking on Jordan... Kobe doing various other things. Apparentely it's got a 2 hour battery life with the video going non stop, so I guess if you put an entire movie on it's pushing it.

I think most peoples NBA mixes are around 30-40 minutes if you wanna go that way.

Yeah it's a pity it's only 2 hours battery life for video, but it's still good. How big will your rip of Boyz N Da Hood be ?

I was downloading a program that supposedly rips dvd's straight to your ipod, but haven't had time to check it out yet.

by **J@3** on Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:54 pm

Yeah it's a pity it's only 2 hours battery life for video, but it's still good. How big will your rip of Boyz N Da Hood be ?

Not sure yet, but I read it's roughly 150mb for 20 minutes of video so I'm guessing for an hour and 45 or whatever it'd have to be close to a gig. I've gotta find a tutorial or something on how to do it first. I'm just about to put a Simpsons episode on there (Y)

by **thaKEAF** on Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:53 pm

I'm getting a iPod for Christmas and I was wondering do the newer ones work with Windows ME? :mrgreen:

by **SkipToMy_Lou** on Sat Nov 26, 2005 10:47 pm

thaKEAF wrote:I'm getting a iPod for Christmas and I was wondering do the newer ones work with Windows ME?

Not sure man, I'm on XP.

by **J@3** on Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:51 am

Man the video quality on the iPod is amazing... it looks great, and the sound is good too. I've freed up 15gig today just from deleting the mp3's from my comp (Y)

by **Fitzy** on Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:30 pm

Heres my iPod question:
I am looking at getting a 30 gig ipod with the video feature and i was wondering if the hard drive would be partitioned or something so that i cant use the full 30gigs just for songs?
Does that make sense :lol:

by **Colin** on Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:44 pm

You can use the 30 gig's for whatever you want. Well it's actually a little less. My 60 GB is actually something like 55.7.

by **J@3** on Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:29 pm

Yeah it's 27 gig... but you can use it for ever. It already takes pictures, music and videos by default but apparentely you can use it for storage aswell.

by **Riot** on Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:33 pm

I generally hate iPod's because I think it's completely overrated. I mean, $500 for an MP3 player? I think that's just insane.

However, when I get a job and get out of school I'll probably buy one (it will be cheaper) so I can use it as I run. That's the only time I would use an iPod is when I'm running. Why would I use it at home? Probably can't use it at work.

by **J@3** on Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:48 pm

I wouldn't pay $500AUS for just an MP3 player... the only reason I actually bought this one is because I can put movies on it. The only gripe I have is that the only way you can charge the battery is to plug it into the computer, and I can't always get to the computer to charge it up. They should have like an external charger.

by **Fitzy** on Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:48 pm

Thanks fellas
Im getting a 30gig, hopefully thats plenty of room!

by **Jugs** on Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:53 pm

Doesn't the iPod already come with an external charger?

I got this thing where you plug in the USB into thie power thing and then plug into the wall. Or you can purchase some speakers and the speakers can charge the battery.

You can use the iPod as storage space, there is a setting in iTunes where you have to make the disconnections Manual or something. And then you go into My Computer and then the iPod folder and then you can copy + paste all your files for back-up onto there. Then you have to double click on "Safely Remove Hardware" and choose USB Device or something. That's how I do it.

On Topic

: Does anyone know where I can buy replacement or new iPod earphones, I broke mine by biting them

. I like the white ones better than the Sony black ones I'm forced to use (N)

by **SkipToMy_Lou** on Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:20 pm

Jae wrote:I wouldn't pay $500AUS for just an MP3 player... the only reason I actually bought this one is because I can put movies on it. The only gripe I have is that the only way you can charge the battery is to plug it into the computer, and I can't always get to the computer to charge it up. They should have like an external charger.

You can get a Dock...think there around $30.

I'm going to order a case tommorow probly, aparently the screen scratches REAL easy.

by **J@3** on Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:21 pm

My girlfriend actually dropped mine today on gravel... the little "Hold" switch is a bit scratched and there's some tiny scratches on the metal part on the back but the face/cover is completely fine. I might get one too though just to be safe.

by **Riot** on Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:31 pm

Did you beat her afterwards?

by **J@3** on Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:32 pm

Nah she started crying.

by **Steve [The Spiderman]** on Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:32 pm

Awww....what a caring girlfriend... :lol:

by **Fitzy** on Tue Nov 29, 2005 10:25 am

Search on Ebay for more iPod headphones:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/iPod-Headphones- ... dZViewItem

by **Chris.** on Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:37 am

i know this isnt an iPod question but i didnt want to make a new thread
is there a program you can use to make the volume of a song higher because on my phone's mp3 the volume cant go that high so i want to make the mp3 louder

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