Damn >.<

daleighan · Post by **daleighan** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:36 pm

Why all this talk of iPod video when the zen vision or zen vision:M is 10 times as good? I mean isn't the battery life of the iPod like 1.5 hours playing videos?

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:38 pm

I think the iPod with Video is just a bad idea. No TV recording, unless you're smart. $1.99 for videos on the go

, come on!

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:44 pm

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Post by **Sparkfist** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 10:18 pm

daleighan wrote:Why all this talk of iPod video when the zen vision or zen vision:M is 10 times as good? I mean isn't the battery life of the iPod like 1.5 hours playing videos?

No it's more like 10 hours

vb_master wrote:I think the iPod with Video is just a bad idea. No TV recording, unless your smart. $1.99 for videos on the go, come one!

Well if by "smart" you mean use a program to encode videos in H264 format then yes. And I don't think I'd even buy song via iTunes if I got an iPod, I enjoy illegal music too much (after all it's the new drug!).

sam · Post by **sam** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 10:26 pm

Spark, I just got a 30 gig video ipod, care to explain the encoding process to me?

daleighan · Post by **daleighan** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 11:07 pm

from the apple web site:

Power and battery(3)
Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery
Playback time (30GB model)
Music playback time: Up to 14 hours when fully charged
Photo slideshow with music viewing time: Up to 3 hours when fully charged
Video playback time: Up to 2 hours when fully charged
Playback time (60GB model)
Music playback time: Up to 20 hours when fully charged
Photo slideshow with music viewing time: Up to 4 hours when fully charged
Video playback time: Up to 3 hours when fully charged
Charging via USB or FireWire to computer system or power adapter (sold separately)
Fast-charge time: about 2 hours (charges up to 80% of battery capacity)
Full-charge time: about 4 hours

Post by **Sparkfist** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:32 am

Uh so it's only 2 hours, considering its an MP3 player adopted to play videos and photos.

As for the way to encode to play videos on the iPod. The easiest is to pay the $30 to get the Quicktime Pro and you get the ability to encode in Quicktime and H264. Others you can likely find via google search.