Give the Gift of TV with an iPod Video Loaded With Shows
December 19th, 2005 at 7:02 pm by Chrissy
Looking for a way to give a little something extra with that iPod Video under the tree? How about loading it with the recipient’s favorite TV shows?
With Beyond TV 4, iTunes and Videora iPod Converter, it’s easy and won’t cost you an arm and a leg.
First, you must set Beyond TV to MPEG-2 recording mode - the default if you haven’t changed it – and you’ll need to load Videora iPod Converter and iTunes onto your PC. Both programs are small and easy to install.
Videora iPod Converter is located at http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/
iTunes is located at http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Record Your Shows
Start by using Beyond TV to record the shows you’d like to convert. Take some time getting the right shows recorded - your effort will be appreciated. If you are having trouble thinking of some shows your giftee might like, try using the Browse By Category option to find movies or shows in a particular genre that he might find interesting. Or use the Search by Keyword feature to find a favorite actor.
Convert The Video
Now, relax, and brew a pot of coffee or settle in for a good nap. Depending on your computer speed, this part of the process can take a while. If you are loading a lot of videos onto your iPod, plan on letting Videora run overnight.
At this point, you may want to clean up the file names a little before sending to your iPod. Go to C:\Program Files\VideoraiPodConverter\Videos and take the date stamps out of the file names. This way they will look better on the iPod display.
Import to iTunes
Once it has imported the files, you can click on the “Videos” link in the left sidebar of iTunes to see your shows.
Sync To iPod
From here, you can either manually or automatically send the Videos to the iPod.
At this point, you should be able to view your shows on iPod from the “Videos”–>”Movies” option.
December 19th, 2005 at 7:53 pm
i have problem my snapstrem program
December 20th, 2005 at 12:15 am
You realize, of course, that the first time your friend plugged the new iPod into their computer, it would erase all the shows because you can’t transfer content FROM an iPod TO a computer….
December 21st, 2005 at 1:13 pm
Why do we have to start with mpeg2 files? Why not from DVI files? And, why should we have to encode them again when Showsqueeze should be set up to create the files so we can just copy them over? How about for a PSP?
Sheldon
December 30th, 2005 at 11:34 am
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January 25th, 2006 at 11:03 am
Everytime I convert a TV show and transfer it to my iPod, the video is out of sync with the audio. Is there a setting in Videora that I need to change?
January 26th, 2006 at 7:51 pm
I am experiencing the same issue as “cathulhu”. The video comes out fine, but the audio does not sync. I have tried converting video of various lengths: 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 1/2 hour, 1 hour. Anything longer than around 5-10 minutes will give you audio sync problems.
If someone has optimized settings for both the BeyondTV and Videora programs it would be greatly appreciated.
February 1st, 2006 at 11:19 pm
A better option for Mac users is iSquint
http://www.isquint.org/
It allows batch processing of shows as well as being much faster than iTunes and Quicktime. Also, if you’re using DVD ready MPG2s like I do, QT and iTunes doesn’t like these files. Something about ‘muxing’. The audio doesn’t show up. But iSquint has no problem with these files.
Andy
April 7th, 2006 at 3:16 am
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April 7th, 2006 at 3:17 am
i like sound tools, find that WinXMedia DVD MPEG/AVI/Audio Converter is an all-in-one and easy-to-use DVD video/audio converter, i love it! it made my things easier!
http://www.yaodownload.com/video-design/video/winxmedia-converter/
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June 8th, 2006 at 12:58 pm
well i cant agree with it but i accecpt it..good blog
January 6th, 2007 at 1:27 am
the audio video sync issue is solved in a tutorial on my website:
http://ipodlegends.com/videora-audio-sync-fix/
February 28th, 2007 at 8:39 am
All these issues can be sorted with DVD2iPod.. makes conversions a piece of cake.. Love it !