How to Load a Video Podcast to an iPod

When you load a video podcast onto an iPod, you can watch or listen to your favorite Web episodes on your iPod. Using the latest version of iTunes, it is as easy as loading songs and audio podcasts onto an iPod.

Instructions

1. Subscribe to a video podcast. Download a podcast from the Web or from the iTunes Store and save it to your iTunes library.

2. Connect your iPod. Connect your iPod to your computer and wait for the icon to appear in iTunes.

3. Click your "iPod" icon. This will open the "iPod Settings." Click the "Podcasts" tab.

4. Select your options. Click the "Sync" option. Choose "All Podcasts" or "Selected Podcasts" and choose which podcasts and how many episodes to sync to your iPod. Click "Apply."

5. Sync your iPod. You iPod sync automatically each time you connect it, but you can click "File" then "Sync iPod" to do it manually.

6. Disconnect your iPod. Hit the "Eject" button near your iPod icon and wait for the "Do not Disconnect" display to disappear.

7. View your video podcast. From your iPod menu, choose "Video," then "Video Podcasts," and then select the podcast you want to watch.

Tips & Warnings

• You can play the audio only if you select the podcast from the "Music" then "Podcasts" menu instead.

• When you delete or add a podcast on your computer it will also delete or add that same podcast when you update your iPod.

• Syncing your podcasts will overwrite all podcasts previously saved on your iPod.