Playing Battlestar

As I mentioned in an earlier blog, I took a mini-plug to RCA type video and audio cable, hooked it up to my video iPod and a 20 inch TV, and used the Ipod as a video player to run downloaded episodes of Battlestar Gallactica on a TV. I was surprised at the video and audio quality. It was great!

I also hooked up the (video) iPod to my PowerMac via its regular USB-to-Dock Connector cable. In iTunes, the videos look like songs in the iPod’s library except they have a TV icon beside (to the right of) their names. To play one of them, I simply double-clicked on its name, though I could also have single-clicked on the filename and clicked once on the iTunes’ play/pause button. I then played the video using iTunes just like I had downloaded the video to that machine.

For those of you with PC’s, you can use iTunes with a video iPod just like I did my Mac’s.

This also means I can use my iPod with my PowerBook and watch videos on the PowerBook’s screen. The iPod will also be able to pull on my PowerBook’s battery, enabling me to watch several hours of video or a movie if I ever get one on my iPod.
I can make my video iPod a movie or TV show depository I can take with me anywhere and I am not restricted to the iPod's screen unless I choose to be.

Life is sweet!