Apple Video I-Pod

[walesrob]

Originally posted by ginapeterb@Dec 18 2005, 09:03 PM
Has anyone seen the New Boys toy on the block ?

the video compression that Apple uses,

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Just out of interest Pete, what video file format does this baby use?

The reason I went with a Creative Zen as my MP3 audio player is the flexibility with file formats - I've been converting my entire CD collection to MP3 (Fraunhofer) format, and I'll be damned if I have to start again to convert to the whole lot to AAC that apple uses.

[ginapeterb]

Originally posted by walesrob@Dec 18 2005, 10:16 PM
Just out of interest Pete, what video file format does this baby use?

The reason I went with a Creative Zen as my MP3 audio player is the flexibility with file formats - I've been converting my entire CD collection to MP3 (Fraunhofer) format, and I'll be damned if I have to start again to convert to the whole lot to AAC that apple uses.

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Hi Rob, I beleive its Apples own Quicktime 7, the store told me it works great with windows, it was really built for windows users in mind, what I did Rob, was download the latest version of I-tunes, which is I-tunes 6, which has all the videos and a new look, I then downloaded Quicktime 7 for Mac OSX 10.4 but it works so well with windows XP or any other Windows package, but its no problem with your MP3's you can drag your entire collection into I-tunes, I have lots of Tracks before I started using I-tunes, and Ive dragged them all into it, it works really well.

I put all my CD collection into I-tunes to be sync with the I-pod, and it put them on the I-pod in less than 3 minutes, secondly Rob, the I-pod Video is served much better with the I-Pod Dock, the new dock comes with univeral fittings for all the I-pod range, its also Infra Red, although I heard the Apple Remote, doesnt allow the Menu function to work, this has caused some dismay around the world, as people wanted to plug the s-video into their t.v. to view their slide shows and then find that the apple remote is pretty useless other than to change track, go back one or forward one, lower volume or increase, press play or pause, its pretty useless in one sense, since, the whole idea of plugging into the t.v. was that you could browse your slide shows and play your music videos, from your armchair, Ive just read some reviews of those who purchased the Apple Remote, and guess what, they are very upset, at USD 29.00.. they are not happy, the new IMAC G5 has a remote control for it, and the demo I saw recently, shows the IMAC G5 being accessed from anywhere in the house, pretty cool, especially if you want to view your slide shows from the sofa, or start your music, the Video I-Pod is not for everyone, especially if you have already paid out for a different model, or if you have an alternative player, but its cool to watch the videos on, and pod casts, pod casts are quite entertaining also, there are thousands of them, they are free to subscribe to, and if you want a new episode and one comes out, you dont have to keep applying for it, everytime you sync with I-tunes, it automatically checks for a new episode and downloads the latest one, pretty neat