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WillH2007 Author

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Downloading SD versions of HD movies

I'm a tech savvy kid, and me being me, I want to download a movie on my iPod (it's 2020 and I have an iPod, I know, don't judge me) the problem being, It's an HD movie, and the iPod classic only supports SD. Is there anyway I can fix this? I'm using iTunes on Windows 10 fyi

iPod Classic

Posted on Dec 14, 2020 2:45 PM

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WillH2007 Author

Level 1

4 points

Dec 14, 2020 4:38 PM in response to WillH2007

Nevermind, figured it out

Downloading SD versions of HD movies