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How to download Movies to an iPod using Google Video

Wed, Aug 13, 2008

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You can use your iPod on different ways. The iPod has revolutionized the way a lot of us listen to music. Now the fifth-generation iPod had been introduced with a new promise‚Äìhandheld video. This means you can store your favorite shows, music videos and even movies on your portable handheld device and watch when you are on the go. This is how to download movies onto your iPod. In this tutorial we using Google Video, because you can’t download easily YouTube movies.

To download a video to your iPod using iTunes version 7.0, please follow these steps:

1. Search on Google Video and select the video you’d like to download. Please note, videos from YouTube are not available for download at this time.
2. Click on the “Download video-iPod/PSP” link to the right of the video. If this option doesn’t appear, the video in question isn’t available for download.
3. Save the video to a location on your computer.
4. Connect your iPod to your computer and open the Apple iTunes application.
5. In iTunes, select “File” > “Add File to Library.” Browse for the video you downloaded, then click “Open.”
6. Select the “Movies” tab.
7. Check the “Sync movies” box.
8. Click “Apply.”

To download a video to your iPod using iTunes version 6.0 or earlier, please follow these steps:

1. Search on Google Video and select the video you’d like to download.
2. Click on the “Download video-iPod/PSP” link to the right of the video. If this option doesn’t appear, the video in question isn’t available for download.
3. Save the video to a location on your computer.
4. Connect your iPod to your computer and open the Apple iTunes application.
5. In iTunes, select “File” > “Add File to Library.” Browse for the video you downloaded, then click “Open.”
6. In iTunes, select “Edit” > “Preferences” > “iPod” > “Videos” > “Automatically update all videos.” Click “OK” when you’re done.

Once you’ve followed these steps, iTunes will automatically copy the video to your iPod. To play the video on your iPod, select “Videos” > “Movies.”

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