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MoviPod User Guide iPod at the Movies Requirements Installation Getting Started Finding a Movie
iPod at the Movies VideoHound's MoviPod™ guides run on any 3rd generation or later iPod with an LCD screen. They require only 2 to 10 MB's of space...about the size of two songs! The MoviPod guides can be downloaded from the internet in either .zip or .sit compressed format. If the file doesn't automatically de-compress onto your PC, please refer to your Web browser's instructions to obtain the necessary plug-in. Inside the Videohound folder are two folders: VideoHound and Audio Samples. When your iPod is attached to your desktop computer locate the iPod hard drive (PC users will find it listed by clicking the My Computer icon). Drag the VideoHound folder into the Notes folder inside the iPod hard drive. The Audio Samples are mp3 files that can be installed on your iPod as you would any song--one easy method is to drag the whole Audio Samples folder into the iTunes application.
Getting Started
The -Welcome- file provides information on enjoying the particular MoviPod product you are viewing. It also provides a scoring table for the VideoHound MoviLinks quiz questions that appear at the end of every review. Each MoviPod review contains many different details, ranging from the title, to the review, to cast listings, to awards received. The information in these reviews is designed to help you choose a video you'll like, increase your enjoyment of a movie as you watch (especially by answering the nagging question of "What else have I seen that guy in?"), and increase your knowledge of movie trivia.
In the above example the movie's 1) title is Unforgiven, 2) rating is three and one half stars, 3) year released is 1992, 4) MPAA rating is R, 5) audio clip can be played by pressing select, 6) review, 7) length in minutes is 131, 8) format is Color (other possibility is BW for Black and White), 9) format is VHS, DVD and Widescreen (other possiblities are CD-I, closed captioned and 8mm), 10) cast includes Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, etc., 11) Director is Clint Eastwood, 12) Writer is Clint Eastwood, etc., 13) Bonus notes (in this case, "Popcorn Profits"), 14) Awards won include 1992 Oscars for Director, Film Editing, etc., 14) Distributor is WarnerHome Video, 15) Categories include Growing Older, Gunslingers, etc., 16) linked movie trivia question. The Rating Scale (Four Stars) (Three Stars and a Half) (Three Stars) (Two Stars and a Half) (Two Stars) (One Star and a Half) (One Star) (WOOF!)
Finding a Movie
The Movies index is an A-Z listing of all titles in the guide you are using. Articles like "A" and "The" are ignored, so The Graduate is listed under "G" and A Streetcar Named Desire is listed under "A."
The Movies index is an A-Z listing of all titles in the guide you are using. Articles like "A" and "The" are ignored, so The Graduate is listed under "G" and A Streetcar Named Desire is listed under "S."
Sub-categories ranging from the orthodox to slightly eccentric permit you to video sleuth from broad type to significant themes to signature scenes. The mix, arranged alphabetically by category, follows the yearly indexes when available.
Frequently Asked Questions Customer: Can I install two guides at once? Sensei: Apple's iPod has a notes limit of 1000 entries–for this reason we designed the guides to be installed separately. If you find yourself wanting to watch a good Alien flick simply install the Alien Nation guide over the Academy Awards guide (then do the opposite when the Oscars roll around and you want to be the trivia king or queen of your party). Customer: The notes load in one at a time. Is there anyway to speed up the loading of the guides? Sensei: After a guide is loaded some iPod models need to identify the new notes one-by-one. This process should happen only the first time after installing a guide, or each time after syncing your iPod with your PC. In between the guide should be available instantaneously. Customer: I don't see any movie stills. Where are they? Sensei: Not every entry features an image for memory considerations. While VideoHound comes with a dozen or so built-in pictures, you may add your own JPEGs as outlined in the guide or add MotoDodo's VideoHound Pix for even more images. |
