Comments on: “Video” iPod’s Next Logical Capability

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:12:59 +0000

The quality of the info is what keeps me on this site, thanks!

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:34:32 +0000

Where the hell can i get the software to put movies on my ipod cuz iv looked all over the net and im having no look! please help!

By: Shinobu

Shinobu — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:56:50 +0000

I loved the idea of being able to snap my iSight to an iPod but the problem is the power consumption. the iSight draws quite abit of power , so much that you can feel it as heat. the other problem is bulk and lense quality. Every process and cycles the iPod goes through will draw battery power. But still it be great if the iSight does manage to become a future accessory of the iPod.

By: tirion

tirion — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 04:09:50 +0000

This is sounds good in theory but in reality, it’s pretty unwieldly. I mean the iSight and iPod are very nice on their own but just cause they could be connected does not make that a good idea.

Lightweight they may be bt think about how you are supposed to use it. What, tape the iSight to the iPod? Or perhaps have the iPod in your pocket with more wires trailing out?

The key thing to portable devices is that they just gotta work at being portable. Weight is not an issue here, most such devices are light enough. What throws the spanner in to this idea is the bulk of the iSight camera. I mean, come on, whilst many of use are going to carry an iPod around us, only really geeky people would take an iSight with them as well…

If you are comparing camera qualities. Dedicated cameras have specialised circuity to handle video capture as well are really expensive lenses. A $299 iSight though excellent as a webcam, is no where near as capable or as convenient as even a $500 camcorder.

By: Les Posen

Les Posen — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:28:51 +0000

Blogged about this idea of a camera for the iPod too!

“Now that the video-on-an-iPod barrier has been breached, is it time to add a camera too?”

By: michel

michel — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:25:40 +0000

I just think apple will add a tiny isight camera OR wifi in futures generations of ipod (not now or months, but in one or two years).

By: don burnett

don burnett — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:28:24 +0000

The next logical thing to add to the iPod is Wifi, so content can be streamed..

By: Ernest

Ernest — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:37:57 +0000

this is such an abvious niche, I’m surprised that nobody wrote the code yet! Good for security cam too, tho I would feed it power somehow, iPod batt. is small. Stick it in a dock connector package with a 9-volt alkaline. Presto!

By: Tim Houghton

Tim Houghton — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:19:16 +0000

This is an interesting idea, but I’m not sure how it is more convenient than a DV camcorder. I have an iSight, and it is fairly large (although very light). Add in the iPod and a connector cable and you might as well carry a DV camera (which would give you much better picture quality).

Now an iPod with a built-in iSight like the new G5s … that’s a different story.

By: alcopop

alcopop — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 01:27:59 +0000

I suspect this idea is in reality far fetched: although it is a nice idea, it is unlikely to be high on the priority list for Apple. Mr Jobs is extremely selective about what features there are on ipod and this is simply not relevant enough to most users to be included, in my opinion.

That said, I’m having trouble imagining what might actually be the next Big Feature on ipods!

By: nick santilli

nick santilli — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:43:23 +0000

Ken -
I don’t take a lot of video at a time. couple minute clip here. couple minute clip there. And once I return to my computer I’d download it and edit it down accordingly.

I’m personally interested more in moving away from tapes. I don’t like waiting in realtime for the video content to copy to my computer from a tape. I like the newer HD (and similar) based cameras where it’s simply copying a file over for further editing.

And I realize i don’t NEED video capability to store it, but that would enable me to watch it as I’m taking it (with something like an iSight that has no onboard viewfinder)….or view it (non edited) once it’s recorded, before returning to my computer.

For MY needs, the idea has merit. Everyone’s mileage will vary of course.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:32:58 +0000

Well, an hour of digital video takes up a lot of room. I travel a lot and it is easy and cheap to bring along a few mini DV tapes. The fact that you can store and hour of video on something that costs $6-$8 is a totally different world then the picture scene, where bringing enough storage to last you all summer might cost you hundreds of dollars so having a hard drive to free up your expensive storage makes sense, but with a video camera it really doesn’t. Plus, you did not need video capability to store video, you just need the HD and a way to capture (software and hardware connections).

By: jason

jason — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:30:45 +0000

nah, I think it’ll be a bluetooth/wireless iPod.. one which can connect to a wireless network, or your home network, w/out having to plug it in.

makes logical sense, eh? :)

By: Avi Flax

Avi Flax — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:08:28 +0000

Chris, I hope not, I’d much prefer unprocessed DV-format video to later import into iMovie or Final Cut. Perhaps the intermediary device could have a buffer so it could stream the DV to the iPod at whatever rate the iPod can handle it, but not lose anything…

Great Idea!

By: Chris Holland

Chris Holland — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:58:29 +0000

Yeah the lack of firewire support could make things challenging to get stuff from the iSight on the iPod. AFAIK, iSight outputs a DV stream over firewire. The intermediary device would likely need to do some compression on-the-fly before being it able to save it to the ipod in real-time, with enough bandwidth.