Ipod photo/video, with out the pesky photo and video capabilites
July 7, 2009 11:00 AM Subscribe
120gb Ipod video. Despite having the proper cabling, I can not enable the photo viewer to show photos on a TV. I have googled, but to no avail
Ipod is set for NTSC (Im in the US). I have tried both "ask" and "on" TV output settings. I have a "made for ipod" cable that is the white-red-yellow on one end and 1/8" jack on the other. I can get beautiful stereo music to play on the TV's aux in, but no picture.
I even have a not-ipod cable of similar construction, which using the switch-the-red-and-yellow trick, I can replicate the same situation - music but no photo.
The thing that seems weird to me is that in "ask" mode, when it tells me to connect the ipod to a TV, the icon it shows looks like the synch cable (the usb on one end, ipod business on the other).
I'm sure i just have setting wrong.
I bought this thing specifically to show photos to my parents on their TV - HELP! :-)
Bonus question. Itunes only seems to allow me to put video on this that I "officially" buy from them. How can i put my own home-made video on it?
Ipod is set for NTSC (Im in the US). I have tried both "ask" and "on" TV output settings. I have a "made for ipod" cable that is the white-red-yellow on one end and 1/8" jack on the other. I can get beautiful stereo music to play on the TV's aux in, but no picture.
I even have a not-ipod cable of similar construction, which using the switch-the-red-and-yellow trick, I can replicate the same situation - music but no photo.
The thing that seems weird to me is that in "ask" mode, when it tells me to connect the ipod to a TV, the icon it shows looks like the synch cable (the usb on one end, ipod business on the other).
I'm sure i just have setting wrong.
I bought this thing specifically to show photos to my parents on their TV - HELP! :-)
Bonus question. Itunes only seems to allow me to put video on this that I "officially" buy from them. How can i put my own home-made video on it?
For converting to ipod video:
You need a good converter. Handbrake is good, but it only does one file at a time - which may cover most of what you want. If you're using windows, my converter of choice is MediaCoder.
Anyway, you need to either turn the video into a near-quicktime format, or a specific standard other format. This is option 2.
You need to convert your video to have the following:
Container: MP4. (iPods can't play AVI files, which is a travesty.)
Video codec: XviD. You can max out the quality.
Audio codec: MP3, at 192kbps quality. Don't go higher than 192, it flips out some ipods. (You can use AAC if you like, but it's given be problems in the past.)
Picture: 640x480. If this gives you problems, then use 320x240. Be warned, 320x240 will look either painfully small or blurry/pixelly if you play it on a TV.
Hope this helps!
posted by Citrus at 12:57 PM on July 7, 2009
You need a good converter. Handbrake is good, but it only does one file at a time - which may cover most of what you want. If you're using windows, my converter of choice is MediaCoder.
Anyway, you need to either turn the video into a near-quicktime format, or a specific standard other format. This is option 2.
You need to convert your video to have the following:
Container: MP4. (iPods can't play AVI files, which is a travesty.)
Video codec: XviD. You can max out the quality.
Audio codec: MP3, at 192kbps quality. Don't go higher than 192, it flips out some ipods. (You can use AAC if you like, but it's given be problems in the past.)
Picture: 640x480. If this gives you problems, then use 320x240. Be warned, 320x240 will look either painfully small or blurry/pixelly if you play it on a TV.
Hope this helps!
posted by Citrus at 12:57 PM on July 7, 2009
Have you tried changing the aspect ratio of the iPod's video out? We have a pair of iPod-based video players that are 16:9, and they will only display video when the aspect ratio for the iPod's video output is set for widescreen. So if your parents have a 4:3 TV, you might try changing the iPod's video out to that aspect ratio.
posted by mosk at 12:57 PM on July 7, 2009
posted by mosk at 12:57 PM on July 7, 2009
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1454
as for putting your own video on the ipod, since we don't know what OS you are using, I'll recommend a cross-platform solution of Handbrake, which is free, has support for ipod video formats, and should accept most common video files as input.
posted by namewithoutwords at 11:42 AM on July 7, 2009