CONFIRMED! iPod w/Video support!

[sygyzy]

Why is anyone intrigued by this? The only major change is the video playback and that's limited to specifically the content they are going to provide for you. It hasn't been announced anywhere that you are free to put any video you want on there. You are going to be limited to downloading Despeate Housewives and watching Disney music videos (Hillary Duff?). I am somewhat joking about the content, but you get what I mean.

What I do care about are: larger screen and thinner size. They can keep the video.

P.S. I'd LOVE a video playback device and *I* would definitely watch music videos, movies, and shows on that thing. However, like I said, they are limiting content on the device. It's not like you can put anything you want there.

 

[HN]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
Why is anyone intrigued by this? The only major change is the video playback and that's limited to specifically the content they are going to provide for you. It hasn't been announced anywhere that you are free to put any video you want on there. You are going to be limited to downloading Despeate Housewives and watching Disney music videos (Hillary Duff?). I am somewhat joking about the content, but you get what I mean.

What I do care about are: larger screen and thinner size. They can keep the video.

P.S. I'd LOVE a video playback device and *I* would definitely watch music videos, movies, and shows on that thing. However, like I said, they are limiting content on the device. It's not like you can put anything you want there.

i'm confident in the nerding community to come up with a way to do it (your own videos). weren't original ipods mac-only but people still managed to get around that ?

 

[state 08]

Is the new player wider?

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
Why is anyone intrigued by this? The only major change is the video playback and that's limited to specifically the content they are going to provide for you. It hasn't been announced anywhere that you are free to put any video you want on there. You are going to be limited to downloading Despeate Housewives and watching Disney music videos (Hillary Duff?). I am somewhat joking about the content, but you get what I mean.

What I do care about are: larger screen and thinner size. They can keep the video.

P.S. I'd LOVE a video playback device and *I* would definitely watch music videos, movies, and shows on that thing. However, like I said, they are limiting content on the device. It's not like you can put anything you want there.

I'm pretty sure you can encode whatever you want and play it on there. Otherwise that would mean people couldn't put their own home videos on there would make no sense. Considering iLife is a big part of Mac, I wouldn't worry.

 

[EvilYoda]

It's definitely exciting...hell, if it's really true, I'd buy one just for the H.264 hardware decoding and video out. However, just for playing MP3s and videos...I'll just stick with my soon-to-be Gameboy Micro + Play-Yan combo.

 

[Ares2600]

Interesting.. I've been looking at the 'smaller' HD players and flash players for working out, but this one is pretty intrigueing. I doubt they'll actually sell an armband for this one, but they'll probably pop up from third parties once it's been out for a couple weeks. Has anyone here run with their full sized ipod before? Does it have any detrimental effects on the player itself? I don't mind the size (esp since it's thinner now), but I don't want to break it.

 

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by: state 08
Is the new player wider?

It's the same size, the depth of the iPod is thinner and the screen is wider. The width of the iPod itself is the same as the regular iPods.

 

[sygyzy]

I am not sure why you guys are so confident. I'll buy one post hack, not for the "possibility" that it could be hacked. You buy it today full price, then how long are you willing to wait before the scene hacks it? 3 months? 6 months?

I agree, it would be silly if they didn't allow home video content, but guess what? THEY AREN'T! Where does it say "Use iLife to edit your home movies and send them straight to the new video iPod!!" ?

Also, many of you don't realize, but encoding is a very lengthy process. Granted, I don't have the fastest machine (XP2700) but it's still not a trivial task. Unless they come out with an all in one DVD to QVGA (H.264?) program, the average consumer is not going to want to go through the trouble of ripping, encoding video, encoding sound, syncing, subtitles, etc.

Look at all the DVD to DivX packages out there that claim to be one button start to finish. They suck.

 

[iwearnosox]

Pornpod.?

 

[ironcrotch]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I am not sure why you guys are so confident. I'll buy one post hack, not for the "possibility" that it could be hacked. You buy it today full price, then how long are you willing to wait before the scene hacks it? 3 months? 6 months?

I agree, it would be silly if they didn't allow home video content, but guess what? THEY AREN'T! Where does it say "Use iLife to edit your home movies and send them straight to the new video iPod!!" ?

Also, many of you don't realize, but encoding is a very lengthy process. Granted, I don't have the fastest machine (XP2700) but it's still not a trivial task. Unless they come out with an all in one DVD to QVGA (H.264?) program, the average consumer is not going to want to go through the trouble of ripping, encoding video, encoding sound, syncing, subtitles, etc.

Look at all the DVD to DivX packages out there that claim to be one button start to finish. They suck.

I don't think you're catching the main purpose. To buy tvshows and music vids from the iTunes music store. If you're savvy enough to want to encode your own vids to put on there, I'm sure they won't stop you. As you can rip and encode or bring your own mp3s to your iPod.

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I agree, it would be silly if they didn't allow home video content, but guess what? THEY AREN'T! Where does it say "Use iLife to edit your home movies and send them straight to the new video iPod!!" ?

Buy music videos and TV shows from the iTunes Music Store and sync them to your iPod, or use QuickTime 7 Pro to export your home movies to iTunes for syncing.
http://www.apple.com/ipod/autosync.html
OWNED now stfu.

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I agree, it would be silly if they didn't allow home video content, but guess what? THEY AREN'T! Where does it say "Use iLife to edit your home movies and send them straight to the new video iPod!!" ?

Buy music videos and TV shows from the iTunes Music Store and sync them to your iPod, or use QuickTime 7 Pro to export your home movies to iTunes for syncing.
http://www.apple.com/ipod/autosync.html
OWNED now stfu.

Now Bob can corner you in your cubicle with his boring home movies. Oh, the horror.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
I don't think you're catching the main purpose. To buy tvshows and music vids from the iTunes music store. If you're savvy enough to want to encode your own vids to put on there, I'm sure they won't stop you. As you can rip and encode or bring your own mp3s to your iPod.

I caught that just fine. But as you can see in this thread, nobody cares about that.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I agree, it would be silly if they didn't allow home video content, but guess what? THEY AREN'T! Where does it say "Use iLife to edit your home movies and send them straight to the new video iPod!!" ?

Buy music videos and TV shows from the iTunes Music Store and sync them to your iPod, or use QuickTime 7 Pro to export your home movies to iTunes for syncing.
http://www.apple.com/ipod/autosync.html
OWNED now stfu.

Why are you taking this so personally. STFU? Seriously, what is the matter with you?

I stand correct. I wonder what input formats QT7 will take.

 

[ironcrotch]

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I agree, it would be silly if they didn't allow home video content, but guess what? THEY AREN'T! Where does it say "Use iLife to edit your home movies and send them straight to the new video iPod!!" ?

Buy music videos and TV shows from the iTunes Music Store and sync them to your iPod, or use QuickTime 7 Pro to export your home movies to iTunes for syncing.
http://www.apple.com/ipod/autosync.html
OWNED now stfu.

quoted for posterity

 

[Utterman]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I am not sure why you guys are so confident. I'll buy one post hack, not for the "possibility" that it could be hacked. You buy it today full price, then how long are you willing to wait before the scene hacks it? 3 months? 6 months?

I agree, it would be silly if they didn't allow home video content, but guess what? THEY AREN'T! Where does it say "Use iLife to edit your home movies and send them straight to the new video iPod!!" ?

Also, many of you don't realize, but encoding is a very lengthy process. Granted, I don't have the fastest machine (XP2700) but it's still not a trivial task. Unless they come out with an all in one DVD to QVGA (H.264?) program, the average consumer is not going to want to go through the trouble of ripping, encoding video, encoding sound, syncing, subtitles, etc.

Look at all the DVD to DivX packages out there that claim to be one button start to finish. They suck.

I don't think you're catching the main purpose. To buy tvshows and music vids from the iTunes music store. If you're savvy enough to want to encode your own vids to put on there, I'm sure they won't stop you. As you can rip and encode or bring your own mp3s to your iPod.

On Apple's main page w/ the scrolling iPods, it has one that says home movies.

 

[imported_Pablo]

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I agree, it would be silly if they didn't allow home video content, but guess what? THEY AREN'T! Where does it say "Use iLife to edit your home movies and send them straight to the new video iPod!!" ?

Buy music videos and TV shows from the iTunes Music Store and sync them to your iPod, or use QuickTime 7 Pro to export your home movies to iTunes for syncing.
http://www.apple.com/ipod/autosync.html
OWNED now stfu.

That's pretty much ownage I must agree.

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Now Bob can corner you in your cubicle with his boring home movies. Oh, the horror.

lol, but it opens the doors for encoding your pr0n collection

 

[ironcrotch]

I think I'm gonna get one...

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
These units aren't using flash hard drives right? It's a regular mini hard drive?

it's a laptop drive

 

[HN]

the main thing for me about all this is that they ARE going in the direction of video. gen2 will probably be a must buy (given a widescreen format, of course)

 

[ironcrotch]

Originally posted by: HN
the main thing for me about all this is that they ARE going in the direction of video. gen2 will probably be a must buy (given a widescreen format, of course)

mmm widescreen pron, to view the extra long weiners...

 

[luv2liv]

apple is doing so well with ipods.

why did their stock fell 10%??? what happened?

 

[BRObedoza]

my gen 3 ipod is still going strong. think i'll hold off getting a new one until the widescreen video ipod is released

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: luv2liv
apple is doing so well with ipods.

why did their stock fell 10%??? what happened?

People sold more stock than they bought.