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Video iPod Available... Sort of

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

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..."

13 of 297 comments (clear)

  1. Ugh... by Chagatai · · Score: 5, Funny
    That is one ugly, ugly brute force hack, if I have ever seen one. It's so ugly it hurt my feelings.

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    1. Re:Ugh... by identity0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Look at the bright side. Now instead of looking fashonable with their white earphones, we'll get to see ipod-people looking ridiculous as they scroll furiously to keep their video in sync with the sound while walking down the street.

      It'll be beautiful, I tell you, especially if they walk into a lamp post while doing it.

  2. In other news... by Dominatus · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

    1. Re:In other news... by Elminst · · Score: 5, Funny

      No.. the downside of the hill is easy. It's the upside that kills you.

      badum ching. ;)

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  3. Well.. by $0+31337 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sound impossible?

    No, Just stupid.

    1. Re:Well.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      It highly depends. Can you hold the Ipod with one hand and scroll the wheel well? For, uhh.. never mind.

  4. I used to have a paperback book that could... by SkyMunky · · Score: 5, Funny

    play movies too.
    I had to flip the pages and hum the soundtrack, but the hand-drawn stick figure animations were outstanding.

  5. In other news... by dr00g911 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  6. Why no videa on the new iPod? by 3770 · · Score: 5, Insightful


    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.

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  7. ack by krunchyfrog · · Score: 5, Funny

    How the hell can you scroll a porn movie, hold a kleenex and rub the lamp at the same time?

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  8. Alt links by BostonRob · · Score: 5, Informative

    Google Cache w/o photos: Google Link

    Mirrordot.org also has a copy available:Mirrordot.org

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  9. Re:Apple losing direction by nine-times · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The ipod was helped in its jump to the top by the fact that it was innovative

    Nope. The iPod made its way to the top by being *simple*. No useless features. No features that *sort-of* work. No features that make the thing a pain-in-the-butt to deal with. It did 1 thing and did that 1 thing well, simply, and trouble-free. Now it does a couple things well, simply, and trouble-free.

    This isn't because Apple can't figure out how to do these things-- you just won't see it in a commercially available product until Apple feels it has it all worked out into a simple interface. And when I say simple, I mean like the scroll-wheel design for the interface, or the fact that there's only 1 in/out port (the dock connector). Apple likes their designs to be fool-proof.

    PS- You can transfer images from a digital camera, but you need an accessory.

  10. In related news: by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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