How to Copy TV Shows to a Portable Media Player
The Walkman was one of the first portable media players to become popular back in the 1980s. Since that time, many companies have worked hard to come up with new ways to help people enjoy music on the go. In recent years, companies have expanded beyond music to include portable video on pocket-sized players. You can copy your favorite TV shows to a portable media player to enjoy your show at any time and in any place.
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Instructions
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Copy TV Shows to a Portable Media Player Using Windows Media Player
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Open Windows Media Player and create a regular playlist. The playlist should include all of the TV shows you want to copy to your portable media player. You can also include music you want to add to your media player.
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Connect your portable media player to your computer via the player's USB cable.
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Go to the "Start" screen and scroll to the "Tasks." Select the "Sync" option by clicking it. If this is the first time you copy media from the computer to the media player, you need to click "Yes" to start a new sync relationship when the notification box appears.
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Adjust the order of the TV shows on the "manage list" screen by using the up and/or down arrows.
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Copy TV shows to your portable media player by clicking the "Start Sync" option. You can click the "OK" in the Sync Progress notification to work with other programs on the computer during the sync operation.
Copy TV Shows to a Portable Media Player Using iTunes
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Connect your portable media player to your computer using the USB cable.
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Open the iTunes program on your computer.
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Look for the "Source" pane in iTunes and select your portable media player.
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Select the "TV Shows" tab near the top of the iTunes player.
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Place a check mark in the box next to "Sync TV shows" and choose to sync all TV shows or select certain shows to copy to your media player.
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Select the "Apply" button to sync your media player with iTunes to copy TV shows to the media player.
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Tips & Warnings
Delete the TV show off your portable media player after you watch it to make room for the next episode. Alternatively, you can transfer the show to your computer's hard drive if you want to save it.
Consider buying an external hard drive for your computer to store movies and TV shows to give your computer plenty of room for computer programs.
iTunes works best with an iPod portable media player because the programs were designed to work together. Non-Apple media players may not work as well with iTunes as compared to an iPod. The non-Apple media player must be able to play .AAC music files to work with iTunes.
