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2.5 stars
"Ipod Video? Not so Visual..."
Pros: shape,memory,color screen, photo viewer, video player, width
Cons: cannot play every video file, scratchers easily, battery life is shot when viewing photos
Summary: This is my first time owning something from Apple. I bought it yesterday at the Apple Store on Bay Street, Emeryville. When I brought it home, i uploaded some of my songs, but my wma songs had to be converted, which took a long time. And then when i tried to drag my video files into itunes, it did not work because it wasn't in the right format. So i checked on the apple website and found a quicktime Ipod Video guide, and it said that my files could have been converted through quicktime. I downloaded quicktime and tried to convert them, however that feature was avaible on Quicktime PRO which costs 19.99$. So i upgraded it, and converted one of my 30mb files, it took an 1hour and 30 minutes. When it was done, i uploaded it to my Ipod, and there was no sound,whatsoever. So I ended up buying the same exact video file on Apple.com for 1.99$
Video-not a fun feature.
Afterwards, i spent an hour or so listening to my ipod and was scroling through my photos which shot the battery life down 50%. The Ipod gets hot sometimes and it scracthes soo easily.
**Sugestion: Think about it. not for a few days, but for a few months before buying it for yourself, or as a gift.**
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Do you have the fifth generation? I have been researching it and I found that the 5G (fifth generation) has a 60% more batery life which means it has 6 1/2 hours of video with the light on the hole time. I also wondered if you had the latest itunes because all my family has a ipod and they just drag song after song for no $20 per mounth. please email me at gamerallday@gmail.com
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You don't need Quicktime Pro to convert the videos for the ipod. They just say that to get you to spend more money (all companies do that). I googled free mp4 video converter and got this great one: MPEG Streamclip made by squared 5. you just open the movie with it and then convert it to mp4. You have to again convert it in itunes, but it will have sound. I had the same problem and apparently it's because the audio is "muxed" which means that it's separated from the video portion of the file.
Where to buy
Apple iPod 5G (30GB, video):
$399.99
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