manually upload movie on ipod touch 4& 5

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manually upload movie on ipod touch 4& 5

HI, recently a frined asked me to put a movie on his ipod 4. I plugged it in to my macbook pro with itunes 11.0.1...and I was able to drag a movie to his ipod without, by selecting the ipod on the itunes left column, the movie tab, and simply drag a movie from a folder onto the itunes window/ipod/movie window, without Synching his ipod to my itunes library... (as it is already Synched with another itunes library).

Now I am trying to replicate what I did, but it does not work, neither with an ipod 4, or ipod 5..

Is it ipossible to copy a movie on the ipod 5, or an ipad for that matter, without having to Sync it to my itunes library?

I was reading another post that mentionned to look into the options of the ipod preferences... but could not find "options" in the prefs of ipod, or pref of itunes/ipod tab...

any idea on how to do this?

Michel

Posted on Mar 14, 2013 1:00 AM

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Answer 1

Elitegate

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Mar 14, 2013 1:58 AM in response to Michel Vézina

First you have to convert the movie into the MOV format. Then open your iTunes library, go to "Pictures" and check the "Include Movies" option. Now browse and select the folder where the file is located. Now sync your iPod. Your movie should be in Photos.

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Answer 2

lllaass

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Mar 14, 2013 2:44 AM in response to Michel Vézina

You can only sync to one iTunes library/computer. However, yu can manually manage music and videos among different computers/libraries.

Go to iTunes>Help>iTunes Help>Sync your iPod....>Sync You Device>Set up Syncing>Sync your device manually and follow the instructions.

Also see:

iTunes: May be unable to transfer videos to iPhone, iPad, or iPod

iTunes: Frequently asked questions about viewing and syncing videos

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Answer 3

Michel Vézina Author

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Mar 16, 2013 9:50 AM in response to lllaass

it worked.... but 1st I had to make sure the movie was already imported into itunes, and not only sitting on the desktop.... (it would not work that way) I simply selected the movies folder at left of itunes window, then made sure I also slelected the ipod or ipad on the left of itunes window, and then dragged any videos from "movies" folder ONTO the movies folder of the ipod/ipad...worked like a charm..

Manual upload...without the need to SYNC the ipod!

Thank you guys!

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