Ipod help

[samurai_lassie]

I have never been a portable media person i hate it how half the people in my school have little white strings dangling out of there ears with the volume so loud you can hear a demisable beat while you finish off your math test. Honestly i do not know why they pack head phones with those things instead of some sort of boom box to be honest but onto my point I recently saw this IPod on the television advertisement the new 3GB-8GB IPod Nano Video.

 

 

 

Regardless of what any one says a device which is thinner then a pencil and can fit 8GB of video in your pocket is cool and the first idea of mine was to skip through some reviews and find out more on the video thing.

 

 

 

I found a few very good reviews but none really explained how much video time these things had so i went to my local macintosh shop and asked the lady there was not to helful and just said "im new i do not know to much but i think the 80GB ipod 2nd Gen would be better for watching videos" .

 

 

 

so my question to some one here who owns the new ipod nano or does know can the new ipod carry like a 2 hour movie if so how do you get the media on to it ... i own an Apple computer so i am sure there is some way but i have been seeing people asking also and no one seems to know.

 

 

 

Help is much appreciated ...

 

 

 

Edit: by the way i am going to buy one any where between this weekend to the next weekend so i am really curious because i do not want to waste $280 Aus dollars on a 8Gb Ipod which does not function how id like

[darkblade986]

Most movies I've seen on computers usually run 56kb/sec to 256kb/sec. Lowest I've seen is 28kb/sec and the most I've seen is about 300kb/sec. Using these 4 numbers...

 

 

 

 

 

3gb ~ 3084mb ~ 3158016kb

 

3,158,016kb * 1 sec / 28 kb = 112,786sec ~ 1,879min ~ 31 hours

 

3,158,016kb * 1 sec / 300kb = 10,526sec ~ 175min ~ 2.9 hours

 

 

 

 

 

Now the 300kb video is rare, and the absolute most common I see is 56kb/sec. So you're probably looking at about 15ish hours on the 3gb iPod. Assume you upgraded to the 80gb one, you're talking 400+ hours.

[das1330]

if It matters at all, a standard DVD you buy at the store can hold 4.7gb of data, so even though the disk is not completely full, you can pretty much guarntee that any standard hollywood movie will fit on an ipod, with room to spare for music.

[r2d2]

to get the media on the ipod, you use itunes. put the media in your library, check it, then sync your ipod.

[blade995]

Most movies I've seen on computers usually run 56kb/sec to 256kb/sec. Lowest I've seen is 28kb/sec and the most I've seen is about 300kb/sec. Using these 4 numbers...

 

 

 

 

 

3gb ~ 3084mb ~ 3158016kb

 

3,158,016kb * 1 sec / 28 kb = 112,786sec ~ 1,879min ~ 31 hours

 

3,158,016kb * 1 sec / 300kb = 10,526sec ~ 175min ~ 2.9 hours

 

 

 

 

 

Now the 300kb video is rare, and the absolute most common I see is 56kb/sec. So you're probably looking at about 15ish hours on the 3gb iPod. Assume you upgraded to the 80gb one, you're talking 400+ hours.

 

 

 

What videos are you watching that 56kb/s is normal? 300kb/s is a lot more normal, 400-500kb/s is ideal for the ipod but it will take a lot more space per video. Some people would argue that a lot higher than that is normal of upwards of 700kb/s.

 

 

 

A general rule of thumb would be a 2 hour video takes up 450MB of space, using 500kb/s which would be very good quality on an ipod.

[samurai_lassie]

to get the media on the ipod, you use itunes. put the media in your library, check it, then sync your ipod.

 

 

 

Urmmmm so i plug in my ipod then i insert my DVD or muilti media and... how do i get that to Itunes liabry or can i just drag the disk icon onto the Ipod icon :XD:

 

 

 

Most movies I've seen on computers usually run 56kb/sec to 256kb/sec. Lowest I've seen is 28kb/sec and the most I've seen is about 300kb/sec. Using these 4 numbers...

 

 

 

 

 

3gb ~ 3084mb ~ 3158016kb

 

3,158,016kb * 1 sec / 28 kb = 112,786sec ~ 1,879min ~ 31 hours

 

3,158,016kb * 1 sec / 300kb = 10,526sec ~ 175min ~ 2.9 hours

 

 

 

 

 

Now the 300kb video is rare, and the absolute most common I see is 56kb/sec. So you're probably looking at about 15ish hours on the 3gb iPod. Assume you upgraded to the 80gb one, you're talking 400+ hours.

 

 

 

The 80 Gb model has under 20 hours of battery time and it is by far over the top i have no doubt i will only buy the new Nano, a movie and some music sounds really good i can simply not wait.

 

 

 

... one last thing would any one happen to know if the prices of Ipods will simply drop in a few days because i do not want to buy it just because it is new and then the next day they are worth like 80 bucks less :lol:

[das1330]

Ipod prices rarely change. Apple has specific price points they cater to, and because of that the only lineup change you will ever see is the products themselves changing. So no, for at least another year, there will be no Ipod price drop.

[samurai_lassie]

Ipod prices rarely change. Apple has specific price points they cater to, and because of that the only lineup change you will ever see is the products themselves changing. So no, for at least another year, there will be no Ipod price drop.

 

 

 

I will hate you so much if the price drops in a month :P :lol: :D

[das1330]

Ipod prices rarely change. Apple has specific price points they cater to, and because of that the only lineup change you will ever see is the products themselves changing. So no, for at least another year, there will be no Ipod price drop.

 

 

 

I will hate you so much if the price drops in a month :P :lol: :D

 

 

 

hehe good thing no one has invented a device to punch people in the face over the internet.