Things to Consider When Loading Videos on Your iPod

You just got your new video-capable iPod and got lots of video stacked in you computer from various sources. Movie trailers, music videos, home movies and even random clips you downloaded from the Internet. Of course, you want to put those files onto your iPod as well as the pre-packaged kind from iTunes Music store. Well, it’s not as easy as downloading from iTunes but definitely doable. Just make sure you have the right tips to help you along the way.

It’s important to take note that NOT all videos will play on your iPod, even if you can store it in one. The following are the supported formats to remember; H.264 and MPEG-4 video in .mov, .m4v, and .mp4 file formats.

So if your YouTube videos or home videos are not supported, make sure to download and use an iPod video converter. There are a lot of those in the market and can support most video formats like MPEG, AVI and the like. Go to our home page to user reviews on the best DVD to iPod Software.

However, having a video converter is not the only thing you need to get this done. You should also make sure that you have the corresponding codec for the converter to work. For example, Quicktime 7.03 or later is available for free download from the Apple website. Other commonly needed/used codecs are XviD, 3ivx, and DivX – which are also easily downloaded via the Web and are free.

If you are doing this for the first time, be sure to try it on a short clip first for a test run. Converting large files like feature-length films might take you all night. And it’s also important to take into consideration your processor speed and if there are multiple applications running as you do this, since that would add more to the encoding time.