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April 23, 2008

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5G iPods to play iTunes videos again, soon, maybe, hopefully

Posted Apr. 23, ’08, 3:00 PM PT by Dan Pourhadi
Category | iPod

ipodsad1.jpg5G iPods have never been able to play movies rentals from iTunes. Nothing new. But they were able to play regular videos purchased from iTunes…until recently, when some Apple voodoo magic made the 5Gs incompatible with new video purchases, including Season Pass downloads. The ensuing furor was expectedly prolific, with users mouthing their frustration in long threads at Apple’s discussion boards.

Well, the power of protest once again makes for good blogging fodder… Oh, and gets things done or whatever. Jacqui Cheng at Infinite Loop reports that some grumbling users have been told by Apple support reps that a fix is in the works that will re-enable 5G ‘Pods to play iTunes vids.

Luckily, a number of customers have already been told by Apple support reps that the company is aware of the problem. One user posted to the support thread that he/she was told by AppleCare that a “huge” update would be coming. Since these reports about Apple acknowledging the issue came in as early as last week, it would make sense to see the aforementioned “huge” update hittin’ the streets pretty soon (like, preferably this week).

This is, of course, secondhand information, and thus should be taken more as a “probably” instead of a “definitely, yo.” But it seems to reason that a feature Apple probably-unintentionally broke — why would it just decide that these iPods can’t play new purchases? — would be fixed eventually.

In the meantime, may I interest you in some iPod-compatible video podcasts?


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