HI Esther, I think but could be rong that movies now are made to play on the IPod and that the touch and IPhone need the same conversion. It might even be that they are converted during sync. I have a physics course from ITunes u that plays fine at least the audio does on my nano g4.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <[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 9:06 PM Subject: Re: from Itunes U: american experience the presidents onlinewithdescriptive video service Hi, Some movies that play in iTunes on your computer don't play on the iPod --- they have to be formatted to match the screen size, etc. Some movies will play in QuickTime but not in iTunes. However, I've been able to play the FDR iTunes U movies (with DVS) on my iPod Nano 4G. Cheers, Esther On Nov 13, 2008, at 2:20 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > 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] > > > >
