| The iPod is touted to be the single | | | | an AVI, touch luck. These formats will |
| greatest invention ever to come out as | | | | not play on your iPod. |
| far as multimedia handling is concerned. | | | | Conversion |
| The day the first iPod came out, it was | | | | It's hard to find movies in the mpeg4 |
| clear that Apple would be ahead of the | | | | format because most are already on DVD |
| mp3 market by light years. They took it | | | | and if there are any downloadable ones |
| a step further with the iPod video. And | | | | online (your legal choices are very |
| this is where it started to become a | | | | few), they are in other formats. There |
| little more complicated. | | | | is, however, a solution to all of this. |
| For years, the iPod was known as an mp3 | | | | You will need to use a movie converter. |
| device and people marveled at the ease | | | | There are many different converters that |
| of use they experienced with one of | | | | you can buy online and some of them are |
| these babies in their hands. These days, | | | | free. Basically, these programs will |
| to buy an iPod means that you have to | | | | convert WMV's and AVI's into the iPod |
| know how to use it. After all, the iPod | | | | format mpeg 4. Some examples of such |
| of today handles more than just music. | | | | programs are IMTOO iPod Movie converter, |
| And that's where the problem lies-some | | | | or even Lonely Cats SmartMovie Converter |
| people are at a loss when it comes to | | | | which is more or less used to convert |
| syncing videos into their iPod videos. | | | | movies into a mobile format such as the |
| The First Step | | | | iPod. They are simple enough programs to |
| Of course, not all iPods can play videos | | | | use and most can be found with a search |
| so it goes without saying that you first | | | | on a site like Google or Yahoo Search. |
| need the right hardware to be able to | | | | There are also other programs that will |
| view videos. Only iPod video models can | | | | allow you to convert some of your |
| actually play videos. What you want to | | | | favorite DVDs into the mpeg4 format |
| do now is figure out what videos you | | | | directly. |
| want to place into your iPod and also | | | | Transfer |
| check how much space you have left in | | | | Once you have figured out how to convert |
| your iPod. Videos are quite large and in | | | | and have some files ready to transfer to |
| the iPod format, a full movie can go | | | | your iPod, all you have to do is open |
| over 400MB. That's a lot of space and | | | | iTunes and plug in your iPod video. Once |
| the more movies you want to store in it, | | | | it syncs, you can then click and drag |
| the more space you will need. | | | | the files into your iPod much like you |
| Know The Format | | | | would with music. It's that simple and |
| Videos come in all sorts of sizes and | | | | only a company like Apple could have |
| formats. This is essential because some | | | | made it that way. |
| people think that if a video can be | | | | The difficulty in downloading movies |
| played on the computer, it can play on | | | | into your iPod is not in the way the |
| the iPod. This is far from the truth. | | | | files are transferred. It is actually |
| iPods usually take in a format known as | | | | finding the right format for your iPod |
| mpeg4; the file extension for this is | | | | and converting other format videos into |
| mp4 and you must have stumbled upon that | | | | that format. With a little research, you |
| somewhere. This is the only format that | | | | can become an iPod syncing expert in the |
| the iPod plays so if you see a WMV, or | | | | shortest time possible. |