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cameras using Apple’s $29 iPod Camera Connector.
When you connect a supported camera to your
iPod using this device, the Photo Import command
appears in the Photos screen. Click it, and you’ll fi nd a
list of all the rolls (import sessions) for photos you’ve
brought into the iPod.
Photo Library
Press this entry to view all the photos stored on your
iPod. Below the Photo Library entry, you’ll fi nd a list of
all the photo albums that iTunes has imported onto
your iPod. Select the album you want to view, and
press Play to view the slideshow.
Videos (5G iPods only)
Not surprisingly, the Videos command is found only
on iPods capable of playing video—which, as this
book goes to press, are both iterations of the 5G iPod.
Within the Videos screen, you’ll fi nd this list
of entries.
Video Playlists
As I’ll explain in the next chapter, you can create
playlists that contain videos and then copy these
playlists (and their contents) to a compatible iPod.
When you do, those playlists appear when you select
Video Playlists in the Videos screen and press the
Center button. Select a playlist and press the button
again, and you’ll see a list of the videos contained in
that playlist. Select an item in the playlist and press
the Center button or Play, and the selected video
will play.
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Movies
Within iTunes, you can tag a video as a Movie,
Music Video, or TV Show (I’ll tell you how in
Chapter 3). Any videos that have the Movie tag
assigned to them will appear in the list that appears
when you select Movies in the Videos screen and
press the Center button.
Music Videos
This works the same way as movies. Tag a video as
a Music Video in iTunes, and it appears in the Music
Videos list.
TV Shows
At the risk of repeating myself, this also works the
same way as movies. If you have programs tagged
as TV Shows, they appear in this list.
Video Podcasts
The Video Podcasts entry can be a little confusing.
There’s no way to label videos as video podcasts in
iTunes; that must be done by the creators of the
video podcasts, in league with the iTunes Store. If
you’ve downloaded a video podcast, and you’ve set
the iPod’s preferences correctly within iTunes (I’ll
show you how in that legendary Chapter 3), your
video podcasts should appear in this screen.
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