Apple MB754LL/A Adding Music to iPod nano, Converting Your Own Videos to Work with iPod nano

Converting Your Own Videos to Work with iPod nano

You can view other video files on iPod nano, such as videos you create in iMovie on a Mac or videos you download from the Internet. Import the video into iTunes, convert it for use with iPod nano, if necessary, and then add it to iPod nano.

iTunes supports all the video formats that QuickTime supports. For more information, choose Help > QuickTime Player Help from the QuickTime Player menu bar.

To import a video into iTunes:

mDrag the video file to your iTunes library.

Some videos may be ready for use with iPod nano after you import them to iTunes.

If you try to add a video to iPod nano (see “Syncing Videos Automatically” on page 31), and a message says the video can’t play on iPod nano, then you must convert the video for use with iPod nano.

To convert a video for use with iPod nano:

1Select the video in your iTunes library.

2Choose Advanced > “Convert Selection to iPod.”

Depending on the length and content of a video, converting it for use with iPod nano can take several minutes to several hours.

When you convert a video for use with iPod nano, the original video remains in your iTunes library.

For more about converting video for iPod nano, go to www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n302758.

Adding Music to iPod nano

After your music is imported and organized in iTunes, you can easily add it to iPod nano.

To set how music is added from your computer to iPod nano, you connect iPod nano to your computer, and then use iTunes preferences to choose iPod nano settings.

Chapter 2 Setting Up iPod nano

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