iPod video bug

[luiz]

So I have one of those old 30 GB iPod Video. It had a bug related to albums that I managed to fix (or rather, work around) and it also has, since the time I bought it, a bug with its video functions. Basically, the iPod won't "see" most of the videos that I put in it. iTunes recognise those videos, but only some 10%, apparently chosen randomly, show up in the iPod.

This never bothered me much because I never intended to storage videos in it anyway, but now the fact that I never found a solution after one and a half year is getting on my nerves.

Anyone had or heard of a similar problem? Any patch I can download to fix it? The iTunes/iPod updates did no good.

All help is appreciated! Thanks.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Did you check the video codecs? I think they should be MP4's, which are MPEG video files.

 

[luiz]

Did you check the video codecs? I think they should be MP4's, which are MPEG video files.

The thing is, some videos of identical formats as others that work, don't.

For example, I recorded some videos with a digital camera. A couple showed up in the iPod, the rest didn't. Presumably those videos have identical codecs and formats.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

That's odd. Did you notice any patterns or anything? Maybe the length or size of video?

 

[Mise]

Have you tried copy & pasting them in Windows, then uploading both (or several!) copies, and seeing if any of them work?