as I understand it, it's tall and skinny and when you turn it sideways, it goes widescreen which is the way it is supposed to be.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 7:20 PM Subject: Re: from Itunes U: american experience the presidents onlinewithdescriptive video service Yes, that's right, thanks for reminding me. I bet it would look rather odd vertically. On Nov 13, 2008, at 3:54 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > make sure to tell her to turn it sideways. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:30 PM > Subject: Re: from Itunes U: american experience the presidents online > withdescriptive video service > > > Wow, thank you Esther, I will definitely check this out and load it on > my Nano. Come to think of it, I believe the Nano gets much less time > when playing videos, maybe it's only a couple of hours, but it'll be > worth it. :) Well ok, could just play it on the machine of course. I > am curious and will have to ask my wife how the video looks on the > little screen. > > On Nov 13, 2008, at 1:09 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Scott and Others, >> >> Just to followup on my post about iTunes U podcasts and the >> descriptiive video service episode for President Roosevelt: >> downloads from iTunes U don't show up under podcasts. A folder gets >> created under playlists. In the case of the American Experience >> podcasts, this will be named after the authoring institution, WGBH. >> The individual (video) episodes show up under Movies in your Library. >> >> Scott, since some of your earlier iTunes questions have been about >> organizing jazz tracks, you might be interested in the program that >> was announced as: "Celebrating the Legacy of Louis Armstrong on >> iTunes U" that showed up on the Apple Hot News RSS feed last week. >> I'm going to paste in the description and link: >> >> <begin quote> >> At the centennial of his birth, the Artistry of “Pops”: Louis >> Armstrong at 100 celebrates the legacy of “the man whose name is >> synonymous with jazz music.” The program, courtesy of Columbia >> University’s Center for Jazz Studies offers historic clips of “Pops” >> and a discussion about Armstrong’s contribution to jazz and American >> culture by musician and jazz critic Stanley Crouch and trumpet >> legend Wynton Marsalis. >> >> http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/columbia.edu.1673135858?sr=hotnews >> >> <end quote> >> >> I don't know the size of the this video podcast, but please note >> that the videos at iTunes U can be large -- part 1 of the FDR dvs >> episode is 414 MB and runs to 1.7 hours. Part 2 is even longer at >> 2.3 hours, and there are (multi-part) episodes for five other >> presidents. The Louis Armstrong video is 1.5 hours long. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther > > Scott Howell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
