Comments on: Video iPod rants http://www.variousandsundry.com/2007/11/26/video-ipod-rants/ Wii, iPod, DVD, TV, and So Much More Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:04:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Phil Foxx http://www.variousandsundry.com/2007/11/26/video-ipod-rants/#comment-139562 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:54:30 +0000 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2007/11/26/video-ipod-rants/#comment-139562 I have a similar problem with my iPod, although it usually doesn't just play from the end -- it will either play from where I started or play from a point close to where I stopped the scroll wheel. My guess is that the iPod "splits" the video into logical chunks. If you don't scroll past a virtual marker, it doesn't recognize the fact that you rewound. And once you are between markers, it'll play from the one you just passed. I don't understand why it does that, but that's my theory on what it does. I also agree that listening to a video podcast with audio only is stupid, and I also have run into the autocompletion of a video. Annoying. I have a similar problem with my iPod, although it usually doesn’t just play from the end — it will either play from where I started or play from a point close to where I stopped the scroll wheel.

My guess is that the iPod “splits” the video into logical chunks. If you don’t scroll past a virtual marker, it doesn’t recognize the fact that you rewound. And once you are between markers, it’ll play from the one you just passed.

I don’t understand why it does that, but that’s my theory on what it does.

I also agree that listening to a video podcast with audio only is stupid, and I also have run into the autocompletion of a video. Annoying.

]]> by: Augie De Blieck Jr. http://www.variousandsundry.com/2007/11/26/video-ipod-rants/#comment-139490 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:01:24 +0000 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2007/11/26/video-ipod-rants/#comment-139490 You're supposed to be able to spin the click wheel to rewind a video, but I find that as soon as I let go of the click wheel, the video just decides to play somewhere else, either at the place I STARTED rewinding at, or somewhere close to the end of the video. It happened to be again today after I posted this story. Very annoying. I should YouTube it and let one of the Apple bloggers spotlight this problem. Nah. You’re supposed to be able to spin the click wheel to rewind a video, but I find that as soon as I let go of the click wheel, the video just decides to play somewhere else, either at the place I STARTED rewinding at, or somewhere close to the end of the video. It happened to be again today after I posted this story. Very annoying. I should YouTube it and let one of the Apple bloggers spotlight this problem.

Nah.

]]> by: Trip Bakun http://www.variousandsundry.com/2007/11/26/video-ipod-rants/#comment-139471 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:56:39 +0000 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2007/11/26/video-ipod-rants/#comment-139471 I 100% agree completely with your first point. It annoys me to no end to have to scroll backwards from audio podcasts to get to the video podcasts. Can you spin the click wheel to rewind stuff? I 100% agree completely with your first point. It annoys me to no end to have to scroll backwards from audio podcasts to get to the video podcasts.

Can you spin the click wheel to rewind stuff?

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