Is there a way to make separate videos play continuously, and in order on my Ipod?

February 2, 2007 1:17 PM

I would like to make several episodes of an internet show i (legally) downloaded play continuously on my 5G Ipod. Normally, when a video, finishes, it stops and returns to the video list menu. I don't want it to do that, i want it to play the next episode automatically, without having to manually select it to play. Can anyone help?
posted by Apo11o to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

You can make a playlist for videos on your ipod like any other playlist. Play the play list instead of the first video and you should be good.
posted by nathancaswell at 1:34 PM on February 2, 2007

A smart playlist would work as well, if, for some reason, you want to watch all episodes in order (automatically) whenever you get a new one.
posted by JeremiahBritt at 1:42 PM on February 2, 2007

The playlist is how I do podcasts for my commute. I don't want to look down at the iPod to switch (and fiddle with menus) while I drive, but sometimes a particular episode is boring or otherwise uninteresting to me. I can just hit the 'next' button and voila: I'm at the next podcast. If I listen to the whole episode, the next beings automagically, just like the next song would in a playlist.

As far as the smart playlist goes, I have not found any way to choose only unwatched podcasts. I presume the same will be true for television shows.

In short: what nathancaswell said. I'm just tossing in some potentially irrelevant personal experience to spice it up.
posted by terceiro at 10:02 PM on February 2, 2007

Smartplaylist:

All podcasts

with a play count of <1.
posted by filmgeek at 11:25 PM on February 2, 2007