How to enjoy iPod videos on TV
Question: Can I watch iPod videos on my TV without an Apple TV?
Answer: Of course you can watch iPod videos on your TV. But firstly you should make sure your videos are iPod supported formats. If you want to convert your videos to your iPod supported formats. You can use
Cucusoft iPod movie/video converter
You can take the following steps to enjoy iPod videos on TV
Answer: Of course you can watch iPod videos on your TV. But firstly you should make sure your videos are iPod supported formats. If you want to convert your videos to your iPod supported formats. You can use
Cucusoft iPod movie/video converter
You can take the following steps to enjoy iPod videos on TV
<b>(1)Prepare an A/V cable. </b>
(1)Prepare an A/V cable.
If you don't already have an eighth-inch-to-RCA cable, you can pick one up on eBay for five or six bucks shipped. Search for "camcorder A/V cable." Remember, you want a three-plug yellow/red/white RCA connection at one end and a three-banded eighth-inch (3.5mm) A/V plug at the other.
If you don't already have an eighth-inch-to-RCA cable, you can pick one up on eBay for five or six bucks shipped. Search for "camcorder A/V cable." Remember, you want a three-plug yellow/red/white RCA connection at one end and a three-banded eighth-inch (3.5mm) A/V plug at the other.
<b>(2) Set up your iPod opinions</b>
Open iPod settings, choose Videos and then Video Settings from your main iPod menu. This screen offers three settings: TV Out, TV Signal and Widescreen. Adjust to produce the video playback style you need.
TV Out
Whenever you play a video file, your iPod must make a choice. Video iPods either play video on the built-in screen or they transmit a video signal out of the microphone jack. They don't do both. The TV Out option controls which behavior occurs.
Use this setting to choose from:
No. Playback remains on the iPod itself.
Yes. A TV signal is produced.
Ask. The iPod prompts you whenever you play a video file.
I always use the Ask option. Yes, it does add an extra step whenever I play a video file, but it gives me the flexibility to choose playback behavior on a case-by-case basis.
TV Signal
European and Australian television sets use a different signal standard than those used in America and Japan. If you live in the U.S., your TV works with the NTSC standard. European countries mostly use PAL. Make sure you've selected the correct signal for your country.
Widescreen
iPods can play back widescreen video, if only on exported video. The built-in screen uses a traditional 4:3 screen ratio, rather than widescreen's 16:9 proportions. Choose Yes to produce a widescreen signal, or No to export the traditional TV output.
TV Out
Whenever you play a video file, your iPod must make a choice. Video iPods either play video on the built-in screen or they transmit a video signal out of the microphone jack. They don't do both. The TV Out option controls which behavior occurs.
Use this setting to choose from:
No. Playback remains on the iPod itself.
Yes. A TV signal is produced.
Ask. The iPod prompts you whenever you play a video file.
I always use the Ask option. Yes, it does add an extra step whenever I play a video file, but it gives me the flexibility to choose playback behavior on a case-by-case basis.
TV Signal
European and Australian television sets use a different signal standard than those used in America and Japan. If you live in the U.S., your TV works with the NTSC standard. European countries mostly use PAL. Make sure you've selected the correct signal for your country.
Widescreen
iPods can play back widescreen video, if only on exported video. The built-in screen uses a traditional 4:3 screen ratio, rather than widescreen's 16:9 proportions. Choose Yes to produce a widescreen signal, or No to export the traditional TV output.
<b> (3)Connect the iPod to TV</b>
It takes a few steps to connect your iPod to your TV. Start by inserting the A/V cord's eighth-inch plug into your iPod's earphone jack.
Here's where it gets a little tricky. In order to make your TV play back the iPod signal, you've got to redirect the outputs. You can't just plug the yellow RCA plug into the yellow RCA jack and the red into the red or the white into the white. No. Those geniuses at Apple send the video signal over the red RCA output. (Normally it arrives on yellow.) The sound comes through the white and yellow plugs.
I ended up going to an Apple store and testing this on iPod after iPod. They all have this quirk. It was intentional. But hey, it's proprietary. Woohoo. So here's what you have to do:
- Plug the red RCA plug into your TV's yellow RCA jack.
- Plug the yellow RCA plug into your TV's white RCA jack.
- Plug the white RCA plug into your TV's red RCA jack.
After making all of these connections, you're physically ready to begin playback.
Here's where it gets a little tricky. In order to make your TV play back the iPod signal, you've got to redirect the outputs. You can't just plug the yellow RCA plug into the yellow RCA jack and the red into the red or the white into the white. No. Those geniuses at Apple send the video signal over the red RCA output. (Normally it arrives on yellow.) The sound comes through the white and yellow plugs.
I ended up going to an Apple store and testing this on iPod after iPod. They all have this quirk. It was intentional. But hey, it's proprietary. Woohoo. So here's what you have to do:
- Plug the red RCA plug into your TV's yellow RCA jack.
- Plug the yellow RCA plug into your TV's white RCA jack.
- Plug the white RCA plug into your TV's red RCA jack.
After making all of these connections, you're physically ready to begin playback.
<b>(4)Play Your Video</b>
On your iPod, navigate to the movie you want to watch and select it. Your iPod prompts you to choose whether to play the video with TV Off or TV On. (You set the TV Out option to "Ask," remember?) Choose TV On.
As your video starts, a status screen appears on your iPod and the video plays back on your television. The status screen tracks playback progress, just as it would in iTunes.
Leave the television volume control at normal levels and use the iPod volume control to adjust the audio. The audio and video should both sound and look excellent.
Now you can enjoy your iPod videos on your TV. Hope it helps.
As your video starts, a status screen appears on your iPod and the video plays back on your television. The status screen tracks playback progress, just as it would in iTunes.
Leave the television volume control at normal levels and use the iPod volume control to adjust the audio. The audio and video should both sound and look excellent.
Now you can enjoy your iPod videos on your TV. Hope it helps.
Some useful guide
For your convenience I introduce some useful guides.
- (1)How to convert DRM protected music and movies
- The guide shows how to crack drm from protected wmv, wma, m4p, m4v, m4a, aac files and convert to unprotected WMV, MP4, MP3, WMA or any video and audio formats you like, such as AVI, MPEG, MOV, 3GP, m4a, aac, wmv, ogg, wav...
The guide shows how to crack drm from protected wmv, wma, m4p, m4v, m4a, aac files and convert to unprotected WMV, MP4, MP3, WMA or any video and audio formats you like, such as AVI, MPEG, MOV, 3GP, m4a, aac, wmv, ogg, wav... - (2)Full Guide: How to convert any DVD and videos to iPod Touch/Classic/Nano
- Many people now have iPods. But they often get difficulties in conversions such as: Rip DVD to iPod Touch/Classic/Nano, Convert Video to iPod Touch/Classic/Nano, Convert Protected Videos/Music to iPod Touch/Classic/ Nano. In order to solve these problems I introduce three converting tools: Cucusoft DVD to iPod Converter, Cucusoft iPod Movie/Video Converter, Daniusoft Digital Media Converter. What you need are an iPod Touch/Classic/Nano and the converting tools above. You can download the softwares from following websites.
- (3)How to enjoy YouTube videos on iPod/PSP/iPhone/Zune/Mobile phone
- Billions of people watch YouTube videos on-line every day.
But only a few of them can enjoy YouTube videos on their iPod/PSP/iPhone/Zune/Mobile phone .
Most people often have difficulties in downloading videos from YouTube and converting them to the playable formats supported by iPod/PSP/iPhone.
Now all has gone. Cucusoft YouTube Mate
is born for the solution of the questions above.
With it you can download, convert and put videos from YouTube on your iPod/PSP/iPhone/Zune/Mobile phone easily by taking the steps as follows - (4)How to enjoy DVD Movies/Videos/Flash on your iPod (for Mac)
- Are you a Mac user?
Do you want to enjoy DVD movies/videos/Flash videos on your iPod Touch/Classic/Nano on Mac OS X?
You may find the following guide are quite helpful to you.
There are three parts in this guide:
Part 1: How to convert DVD to iPod on Mac
Part 2: How to convert videos to iPod on Mac
Part 3: How to convert Flash to iPod on Mac
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