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Originally Posted by terminal pharmacy

just have to say that i can't believe how many of you think is it uncool to own and ipod what the fuck, it is a music player... i hope you all have whatever the coolest music player in the world is to make sure your credibility is right up there with the best. such fucking juvenile shite. grow up children... half of you weren't even born when the first portable music players were released for fuck sake.

You're the first and only one in this thread who seems to care about the coolness of your portable music player. Got some issues you'd like to share with us? What does a "cool" music player look like anyway?

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Originally Posted by space

it is. a mp4 converter will work, but then again, as I mentioned, so will burning the podcast to to disc.

for me, that's a lot less dodgy than finding a freeware converter.

it's much easier and faster and you don't need a blank disc. i wouldn't advice to download one from a chinese site or anything, but tucows and the likes aren't dodgy.

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

what kind of video files will play on an ipod? i tried to upload a .wmv the other day it wouldn't allow it.

ipod won't by default play wmv (propietary windows) but it will play quicktime and h.264. and mpeg4 (mp4, m4v, etc). notice this: files need to be reduced to dimensions the ipod can handle-- too much bandwidth and it will bust-- actually, itunes will refuse to load the video because it won't play (one of the advantages of using itunes to load media into the thing).

then again, there might be some flip4mac version for ipod (flip4mac is free & lets you watch wmv on OSX), but i don't know.

however--

HANDBRAKE is a free very powerful program that will compress your DVDs or almost any video source to ipod size (or other sizes/bandwidths of your choice)-- just use the presets, they are very good and will guarantee to work with your ipod.

http://handbrake.fr/

their H.264 compression is fucking near perfect. and it's free. and i fucking love it.

get vlc,

view > playlist
internet > podcasts
+ 'subscribe a podcast'

right click a episode > save as
destination file: > browse
choose a destination folder and a destination file somethingsomething.mp3
change the profile to 'audio - mp3'
check 'dump raw input'
click start and let it finish the download

yeah vlc is nice. I only use it for video playback and had no idea it would dump audio data.

you see, the real trick to a "help!" thread, is fucking off verme until he feels compelled to post details.

at least, that's what I do.

i'm a jewel of a person.

it is nice. and there's an ios version that soon will be compatible with iphone/ipod touch.
t&b might want to check that since it plays wmv and pretty much everything else.

i don't use it to manage podcasts either, but it's an easy workaround for what bytor is trying to do.

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Originally Posted by verme (prevaricator)

i'm a jewel of a person.

yr the wind between my legs.

and the fine mist spray of colloidal feces on yr underwear