Automatically Download and Convert Shows for your iPod
I hope Apple reads this post, as last night's Lost episode still isn't up on the iTMS, and here's exactly why that is a problem for them: Hackaday has a tutorial up, showing you how to automatically download and convert TV for your iPod. With this setup, you can grab a show off of bittorrent and have it converted to the proper setup. Start it running at night before you go to bed and wake up in the morning with Lost ready to go on your morning commute without having to spend $1.99 or wait for the iTMS to release the video several hours later in the day.
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I hope Apple reads this post, as last night's Lost episode still isn't up on the iTMS, and here's exactly why that is a problem for them:...
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Try and download the torrent version of lost @ 350MB or so and see how long *actually* it takes to download. You might then stop complaining that the iTunes store is 24 hours behind.
October 21 2005 at 1:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply#10 I have scanned torrent sites and indeed, ipod formatted videos have already popped up.
October 20 2005 at 2:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe real question is when are the ipod formatted shows going to start poping up on torrent sites?
October 20 2005 at 2:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAre you an idiot ? Everyday after LOST, Where's LOST ? LOST, still isn't posted ? WTF ? And every time you'll come back and say... OH, It's 4pm there it is... what a surprise!!! They've done it, what 3 times like that... Get F*cking used to it...
October 20 2005 at 1:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyJacob> Well said! I agree with you 100%. Here is a great analysis written on Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000150063278/
October 20 2005 at 12:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI belive that iTMS releases the LOST episode around 24 hours after the show was on tv, or else they could have said that the show would be up at iTMS four or five hours after the TV show has been shown on tv. But I can't download any tv shows or even music videos because I live in Sweden were none of the things are available, just music...
October 20 2005 at 12:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI'd love to see a PC tutorial of ripping your DVDs to your iPod video too...
October 20 2005 at 12:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe problem with the HAD tutorial is that the Videora software is PC only. Anyone know of a similar program for Mac? That's been my biggest peeve about downloading from torrent sites: the variety of formats/codecs. VLC is great, but I generally prefer QT especially now that QTPro has the export to iPod option. I am all about automation though, so if anyone has some suggestions on these problems, I'm all ears. Drop a contact on my blog.
October 20 2005 at 12:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI recorded Lost last night with my Elgato EyeTV unit. Got up this morning, cut out the commercials in about 2-3 minutes, began an export to a custom MPEG4 I set up then took my morning shower. By the time I was done, the show was ready to be loaded onto the iPod, in a better quality than iTMS offers. I also converted all of the current HDTV rips that I downloaded of Rome last night. They look incredibly great on the iPod.
October 20 2005 at 12:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThat is a great workflow that they demonstrated. As far as the shows not being on immediately the next morning, my guess is that it is not that big of a deal to most people. People that are that urgent about watching it...usually just watch it on TV. I would say the biggest draw to TV shows on the iTMS are for people who want to go back and see the show later on. For instance, I would happily pay $2 for some of my favorite Seinfield episodes that showed over the years. I would love to go thru an archive. Shows like that are a bit harder to get on the torrent sites. Another example is that I just found out an old friend of mine was on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition last year. I didn't get to see it. I'd love to pay a few bucks to download that.
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