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Video iPod Available... Sort of
Pirogoeth writes "The fine folks over at Engadget have figured out how to get your new iPod Photo to play movies. According to the article, you use Quicktime Pro to export the movie as thousands of individual frames which you export to the iPod, send the soundtrack to the iPod as well, then, if you haven't guessed by now, while playing the soundtrack, put the iPod into slideshow mode and use the scroll wheel to manually keep the frames in synch with the sound. Sound impossible? Here's a video (in mov or wmv) of the Episode III trailer in action..."
--Chag
Scientists built a car today that doesn't require any fuel at all!!
All you do is put the car in neutral, grab a buddy and stand behind the car. Then, placing your hands on the rear bumper...push. Scientists believe it's such a simple process we may all be getting around in these miracle cars any day now!
Not having enough cash for an Ipod - I'm going to use this idea with my 35mm slide projector.
Are all these "innovations" a sign that iPod is in need of a breakthrough? There are more portable players out there with more functions, and I wonder how long will Apple fans stick to it?
For example, the new Creative's Zen Micro has FM, is someone going to pre-record some radio talk shows and put it into iPod pretending that it's doing radio too?
Rock that crushes, Paper & Scissors that don't matter.
Sound impossible?
No, Just stupid.
Geesh. Why not just print all the frames out onto paper and make a flipbook?
If you want a video player in an iPod's form factor, either sit tight for 2 years until a honest-to-goodness Video iPod to come out, or buy a Gmini 200 (Flash page).
I chose the latter and haven't looked back.
Here's a video (in mov or wmv) of the Episode III trailer in action...
...which can be played on an iPod, which someone can make a movie of... which can be played on another iPod, which...
play movies too.
I had to flip the pages and hum the soundtrack, but the hand-drawn stick figure animations were outstanding.
Can't you read? It says iPod right there in the subject line.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
I've determined a hack to make my original 20 gig iPod play holographic content in surround sound with no additional hardware needed!
Four hits of acid and stare really hard. Much more elegant (by orders of magnitude) and less of a brute force approach than TFA.
What is more likely?
1) The new color iPod does not have video because the hardware can't support it.
2) Apple does not have a way to sell movies and videos on iTunes.
The Internet is full. Go Away!!!
Mod me as a troll of you wish, but I'm not trolling.
I think the fact that so soon after the new ipod comes out people are brute forcing it to play movies is a demonstration that Apple may be losing its direction in innovation
I'm an avid digital photographer, and in almost all of the photo boards I hang out on, the opinion of the photo ipod was generally disappointing. How hard would it have been to put a freakin CF card reader in it? How hard would it have been to enable movie playback in at least ONE format?
The ipod was helped in its jump to the top by the fact that it was innovative, so much so that people were willing to ignore its high price tag. Apple missed two big opportunities on this one; movie playback AND easy storage transfer from camera media.
I'm not buying a photo ipod now, but I would've in a second if it had those two features. Apple, I hope this is an isolated incident.Let's get one thing perfectly clear, I did not vote for George W Bush, and I do not endorse what he does or says.
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How the hell can you scroll a porn movie, hold a kleenex and rub the lamp at the same time?
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-- myself
Am I the only one who does not need this feature? I listen to my iPod when I'm on the train, when I'm walking somewhere, or when I'm working out.. all of these activities require using your eyes, so watching video is out of the question. Am in the minority here?
Google Cache w/o photos: Google Link
Mirrordot.org also has a copy available:Mirrordot.org
Big Dig-ing until the money is gone...
I think I'll stick with my zaurus, thanks.
"Nine times out of ten, starting a fire is not the best way to solve the problem." - my wife
"This is like saying that your printer can play movies if you print out each frame and then flip through them.
Get a Hewlett Packard Color LaserJet 4650DN (duplex for double-sided printing) and plug it into three-phase power and it'll print fast enough to do this...
Of course, you won't be able to hear the soundtrack over the whine of rollers and gears burning themselves up...
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
It is possible to play movies using a book. Simple use Quicktime Pro to export the movie as thousands of individual frames, print each one, bind them together and flick through them really fast. Audio can be obtained by copying the soundtrack onto a cassette tape and listening to it with your walkman.
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Competing video players are too heavy and cumbersome.
My Archos Gmini 400 is no larger or heavier than an iPod. And it was released 2 months prior to Jobs' statements.
Users don't have video content.
Sure I do! The challenge, and I will admit there's really no user-friendly way of doing this yet, is figuring out which files will play on it as is--that is, MPEG4-SP video AVI files (eg, DivX or XviD w/o bidi filtering), no more than 640x400 resolution, no more than 30fps, with IMA-ADPCM or MP3 CBR soundtrack--and figuring out how to convert other content to meet those specs (if possible).
The screens are too small.
Irrelevant. This is a PERSONAL video player.
I can hold the 2.2" screen a foot away from my eyes, and it takes up the same amount of my viewing area as a 30" television across the room. Uses a whole lot electricity that way, too.
Jobs would be smart not to put a Video iPod on the market NOW, but he would be foolish to NEVER put one out.