How do I plug my video iPod to a TV?

Question

I have a big screen TV with good sound, and I want to play songs from my iPod on the TV so all my friends can listen to it. But everyone I ask doesn't know how. Do I need a special cord?

Like I said before a video iPod it's 30 GB.

Answer 1

The new iPod is a great way to watch videos during a morning commute, a lunch break, or a plane trip. But one often overlooked feature is its ability to display those videos on a television set, with the $19 Apple iPod AV Cable. Here’s how to turn your DVDs, as well as the iMovies and recorded TV shows on your Mac, into iPod movies that are destined for television viewing.The latest version of iTunes offers three options for categorizing your video collection: Movie, Music Video and TV Show. You can choose any of these three video types from the Options tab of Get Info. While these are obviously not the only three categories of video, these are the three options Apple supports at the moment. Unfortunately, there are some small inconsistencies in the way Apple supports the choices on the iPod.

The TV Show option, while sensible if you record your own shows using a Tivo or other PVR, is reserved for shows purchased through iTunes Music Store. If you label a file Tivo Show using the Video Kind selection, it won't show up in the reserved TV Shows playlist when transferred to your iPod. There are currently a few ways to solve the problem.

One somewhat complex solution is to use the open source Atomic Parsley to re-write the Video Kind information in your file so it is recognized properly on your iPod. You need some command line knowledge and a Mac to make Atomic Parsley work properly. Combined with the GUI Lostify, the re-classification process is improved although both seem a little buggy and don't work consistently. For Windows users, iPodTVShow might do the trick, with the catch that it creates a second copy of your video file during the re-write process.

A second option is to change the Video Kind on the Get Info Options tab to Movie or Music Video.

A third option is to leave the Video Kind setting the same and create a custom video playlist containing your TV Show videos. Synchronize the playlist to your iPod. Locate the video playlist under Videos > Video Playlist on your iPod and select your TV Show videos.

While it would make more sense for Apple to solve this problem by making the TV Show option available for all videos, the solutions above will make your missing videos available on your iPod.

Answer 2

you do not choose a apple cable you may purchase a avi cable at any shop, it may be more cost-effective. actual once you've a cam center digicam in case you've already got the cable you want. basically hook up your iPod basically like you do with your cam. in case you do not have one then seem for a cable with 3 jacks in a unmarried end ( a yellow one a pink one and a white one) and a unmarried one at the different end (the single which is going into your iPod) make confident you've the imput on your television for those 3 jacks. in case you do not then purchase an adapter for it. good success to you and satisfied 2007.