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iPod Tip #15
One of the first things I noticed when using my new iPod with video capabilities is that there is a Video menu that is right on the iPod that allows you to access your videos that you have downloaded from the iTunes Music Store, from DVDs you compressed yourself, or your home movies that you added to iTunes and synced to your iPod.
iTunes and the iPod automatically knows video content from audio content and puts it the correct menu… Video or Music.
What might not be so noticed on the first look is that if you go to a playlist inside the Music menu on your iPod that contains a video. The iPod is smart enough to play back just the audio like it was a regular audio track!
This is nice if you have lots of Music Videos and only want to listen to them instead of actually wating them. This will save battery life and NOT distract you when you are driving or working.
If you want to play the Music Videos with video, you need to access them through the Video menu.
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Any ideas how one goes about creating a video playlist? i.e. to play a bunch of music videos in a row.
John,
Just make a playlist of your music videos in iTunes just like you do with your audio tracks. Create playlist, name it, drag your music videos to it, and sync your iPod. (You can also use “smart playlists” for this).
Now when you go to Video -> Video Playlists you will see the playlist you created containing your music videos. They should now now play just like your music tracks do on the iPod.
Stephen Antonucci
When listening to just the music portion of my music videos, i sometimes experience a skipping like you would get with a cd scratch. Have you ever experienced this problem or do you think my Ipod is defective? My thought originally was that seeing as though it is a music video file and not an mp3 the ipod has problems playing just the music portion? anyhelp on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
I have not experienced this problem with my iPod. Anyone else have any ideas or experiencing this? I wonder if this is music videos purchased from iTunes Music Store of ones you encoded yourself? Try both and try and determine if there is any diffrence or is it just all of them.
Stephen Antonucci
[...] Video: Video playback on the new iPod will significantly use more battery life than audio. If you are only listening to the audio on your iPod do not play the video. Try my tip iPod Tip #15: Video Playlists Without Video. [...]