Classic won't play some video podcasts

I am having the exact same problem with video podcasts. In fact, I was also trying to watch the TED videos and they are not working. Same black screen and then back to the menu. Please let me know what you find out.

The difference of screen sizes and aspect ratios accout for why the podcasts play on specific devices.

The following menu item is designed to convert to a size and apect ratio compatabile for all devices:

Advanced>Create iPod or iPhone version.

Keep in mind this creates a new file of the media, resulting in duplicates and the new file will not nessicarily contain all the proper ID3 tagging.

frequently media ends up in the "Movie" catagory and requires a change of Media Type.

EE

I have the same problem with my iPod Classic too (nb. which I prefer to use for podcasts - compared to my iTouch).

I did notice that the TED videos that do not play are 46 kbps.

Note if it fails once it will fail on all videos until you reset the iPod (holding down up and the centre button for a few seconds). This makes it hard to find the problem because once triggered it relates to all videos (podcasts).

I did notice that the 95 and 97 kbps TED talks worked.

You can see the difference in iTunes by selecting "Bit Rate" as a new column.

Is this real or just an anomaly on my system?

iPotential... yes, I can confirm. I loaded 2 Ted videos that were 95 kbs and they both played fine. I then played one that was only 46 kbs and it would not play, went black and then back to the menu. Once I had played the 46 kbp one neither of the 95 kbs one's would play. Exactly as you stated.

Does anyone have a solution for this? "Create iPod version" did not do the trick.

Thanks

Same problem here;

Ted-casts play only once, and thereafter none of the video podcasts or regular video's will play, untill reset.

In a way I'm glad to see the same problem noted recently by others: hence it must be a firmware update that cayses it.

So, what about it ?

Is it possible to return to a previous firmware version ? I reset my ipod (takes hours to reload 120GB) but that didn't solve the problem.

I have the same problem. I guess there's a club. TED videos, and TV shows I've purchased used to view great, but they stopped very recently. I have noticed that once in a while a TED will work. I've left the iPod connected to the USB port on my computer over night. In the morning, just before leaving for work I'll check a TED and it will appear to work. Then later in the day when I try to view the same video during my lunch hour it will not start. This has happened a couple of times which makes me think it has something to do with the battery.

Same problem here. Searching for alternative solutions now. Will post if I find anything useful...

Same thing here... my classic (160) has been working fine for years with TED talks, and a ton of other video podcasts... but stopped since my sync a week or so ago. It works fine for audio podcasts and all the other content.

In a video podcast (e.g. TED or youtube favorites), even in ones that I have previously viewed with no problem. The screen goes black. Then, if I let it, the audio sounds like I am flipping radio channels (intermittent bursts of audio), and the text on the top of the screen indicates that it is flipping through the entire contents of that podcast group.

It works fine on computer and on my phone (which has too little space to really use for this purpose).

Let me know if you sort it out.

I did try: restarting my ipod completely (several times), resyncing without the podcasts then adding them back. Neither of these efforts fixed the problem.

I have also noticed that it may take a few times of connecting my ipod to my computer before it is recognized (requiring a disconnect and reboot).

Until recently, this little guy has been very stable - not happy about these new developments.

try resetting your ipod to factory settings. it seems to have worked for me