Wanting to know how to put videos on iPod? I asked myself that question once too, and had to look around for information simply because no one was there to share the detailed steps with me. So I have put together the steps as well as other essentials for people wanting to know how to put videos on iPod.

Things you need to make sure or prepare before we go on to the detailed steps on how to put videos on iPod:

1. Make sure that your iPod is either an iPod classic, iPod nano (3rd generation), or iPod (5th generation). Only these have the capability to play videos.
2. Make sure you have the USB cable that comes with your iPod. You need it to connect iPod to your PC for file transfer. You will also need a high-powered USB port on your desktop or laptop. Ports that USB 2.0 is recommended and ideal for faster data transfer.
3. You will need to install the iTunes software version 7 or later in order to transfer video. You can get it here.
4. Finally, you need video files that are encoded in iPod compatible format. This is the trickiest part of learning how to put videos on iPod. I will talk more on this.

Before I go into video encoding, let’s look at exactly how to put videos on iPod. Launch iTunes and go to File >> Add File to library. Select the video file that you want to transfer and then sync the video to your iPod. After this, you are done.

As I mentioned, it is important to know how to make sure that the videos that you have are in iPod compatible format. A very simple test is to try to play the video on iTunes after you have imported it. If it does not play, that means it won’t play on iPod either. If your videos are in incompatible formats, it pays to know how to convert them. See this article on how do I convert my videos for my iPod. If you would like to extract videos from DVD titles, a good tool to use would be DVDFab.

I hope that this article has helped you learn how to put videos on iPod. If you are looking for more videos to be played on iPod, read this review on iPod video downloads. You may also be interested in this article on movie downloads for iPod.

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