IPods

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1 Tempel Summer Institute 2007 Presentation
2 Problem Solving
3 Use
4 Converting Video for Playing on iPods
5 Tools
6 Events
7 Video Downloads
8 Accessories
9 Podcasting
10 Other MP3-MP4-video players
11 References

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Tempel Summer Institute 2007 Presentation

(June 2007, needs to be updated for new iPod models)

What is an iPod?
1. Portable audio and video playback device. Portable hard drive. Portable audio recorder.
2. 30 GB, 7,500 songs, $249. 80 GB, 20,000 songs, $349.
3. Managed through iTunes, a free PC/Mac application. Download here.
Accessories
1. Protective case $10-40
2. AC power adapter $29
3. Belkin Mic $59
4. Universal Dock $35. Not really necessary...unless you want s-video out.
5. A/V cable $17. S-video cable about $15 Radio Shack.
6. Portable speakers about $100
7. Wireless mic about $200
Troubleshooting. (the 5 Rs: Reset, Retry, Restart, Reinstall, Restore) Link
Uses
1. Audio and video playback
2. Move and Synchronize files (audio, video, podcasts) from computer's iTunes to iPod for portability
3. Audio recording, can be distributed by email, file-sharing, web delivery, podcasts
4. Play back full-screen video and still images to NTSC (televisions and projectors)
5. Notes-4 kilobyte text files, dragged into Notes folder in iPod
6. Portable hard drive
Practical excercises
1. Reset your iPod
2. Go over lock button, click wheel, menu system
3. Connect iPod to computer, iTunes should open.
4. Configuring iTunes
5. Hard drive icon for storage
How to synchronize iPod to iTunes, move files back and forth.
1. PC vs. Mac formatting
2. Eject icon before disconnecting iPod
3. Record audio, connect to iPod to iTunes, move audio to iTunes
4. Digitize audio CD and move a song to the iPod

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Problem Solving

iPod Troubleshooting Support

iPod Diagnostic Mode, don't use unless you know what you are doing! And other good info.

Hidden iPod Commands

Trouble installing iPod, iTunes or QuickTime software on Windows

How to fix the iPod: Video tutorials

Replacing the iPod battery

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Use

There is good information on iPod and iTunes use in our DELI pages.

iPod 101, Apple's Basic Information Site

How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer

Copying iTunes Store Purchases from your iPod to a computer

Copying content from the iPod back to a computer

Using Notes on the iPod

How to Recreate your iTunes Music Library (older, check to see if it still works)

Merriam-Webster Pocket Dictionary for the iPod ($10), but this site also has free Notes, such as Declaration of Independence (1776), Constitution of the United States (1787), Bill of Rights (1791), Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803), Emancipation Proclamation (1863), Gettysburg Address (1863), Civil Rights Act (1964), and more.

Using the video out:

In the iPod, go to Videos>Video Settings>TV Out, and select On or Ask
Connect the Apple iPod AV cable between the iPod and the TV monitor. This will also work from the iPod Dock. The Dock has an S-Video connector, which enables higher quality.
Video will not play on both the iPod and the TV monitor, only on one or the other.

How to use the iPod Camera Connector and here

Controlling the iPod's backlight

Using the Stopwatch

Setting the Sleep Timer

Setting up Multiple Clocks

Duke University iPod Projects Page

iPod notes Rough notes!

iPods in Education Webcast

emusic, an alternative to the iTMS

iPod Hacks

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Converting Video for Playing on iPods

iPod Video Out Formats

There is considerable software, mac and pc for converting from .mov, .avi, DVD, to iPod mpeg4 or AVC/H.264 codecs

QuickTime Player Pro outputs to iPod format, Mac or PC.

iTunes 6 can now convert video for the iPod, PC and Mac, without buying QuickTime Pro

For converting DVDs to iPod formats, use Handbrake on Macs, there is now a beta PC version also. DVD to iPod from kainjow works with Handbrake.

For converting on PCs, here are some sources: AfterDawn Forum, VideoHelp Forum, Lenogo DVD to Movie Converter, iVideoToGo, and iPod Video Converter.

Free on the mac are iSquint and movies for my ipod. These do not need QT Pro.

Converting from YouTube to iPod, Mac, using Safari and iSquint

Keep Vid downloads the flash file to the desktop (PC and Mac), you still have to recompress it with iSquint (Mac).

Converting from YouTube to iPod, Mac and PC

PC, Videora, free

Converting from YouTube to iPod Latest software: iTube for PC (free), YouTube to iPod Converter for PC (free, tested, works well), PodTube for Mac ($5), TubeSock for Mac ($15)

You should only convert DVDs you legally own for your own iPod, for personal use. This comes under Copyright Fair Use guidelines, otherwise you are breaking copyright law, in most cases.

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Tools

Senuti Free program to copy music from an iPod back to a Mac.

PodWorks, transfers files from the iPod to the Mac, $8

iPod Access utility for transferring songs from an iPod to a Mac or PC. Version 3.9 allows the playing of video files directly from the iPod ($14.99)

life2go ($12.99) and other kainjow software and how to use it with more directions here

Portable Audio Devices covers video also

Take files off your iPod with PodView (Mac), PodUtil (Mac and PC, $18), iPd2PC (PC, $20), iGadget (PC, $15), iPodAccess for Windows (findleydesigns)

More information on taking files off an iPod is found here, here, here, with this being the most recent and probably best article.

Senuti is the best free program on the Mac, we have to find one for the PC to recommend.

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Events

Portable Film Festival

The Flux iPod Video Film Festival

Future of small screen video in entertainment

Video Downloads

Some of these can be downloaded to your iPod

GUBA Usenet video search, download and Upload your videos

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