iPod Tracker

Reports on the web are surfacing that iTunes 6.0.2 now has video sharing capability. It hasn’t been advertised by Apple, but you can now add your videos to a playlist and share them over your local network just like you can with music. It currently only works seamlessly between users running iTunes 6.0.2. One more reason to update I guess.

Setting up iTunes to get video sharing:

• Download iTunes 6.0.2.
• Open ‘Preferences’.
• Click on the ‘Sharing’ tab.
• Check ‘Look for shared music’.
• Also check ‘Share my music’.
• If you only want to share your videos, click ‘Share selected playlists’ and check ‘Videos’.

And here’s what it looks like.

Getting home videos to play on your iPod used to involve downloading specialized software that would convert your video into an iPod-compatible format. It caused some confusion among iPodders, but thankfully Apple have solved the problem. Here’s how to convert video for iPod the easy way.

1. Download iTunes 6.0.2 first.
2. Add your video to the library (File -> Add To Library).
3. Click on ‘Videos’ under the source menu.
4. Right-click on your video.
5. Select and click ‘Convert Selection for iPod’.
6. iTunes will create an iPod-compatible version of the video and add it to your video collection.