Just as with audio, unlimited free music video downloads are available from a variety of sources. Besides music videos, some of the more popular sites make available movies and games to download as well. It is usually mandatory to become a member to these sites to download and it costs you a few dimes. But there are many good and reliable sites for download.
The big difference between downloading songs verses downloading music videos is, of course, the bigger size of video files. Even though video can be compressed (similar to MP3 or WMA) the file size of a 90 minute movie can be in the range of 700 MB.
That means that video playback is better suited for hard drive MP3 players than flash memory players.
Of course, not all video content are full movie downloads. TV shows, animations and home videos are all suitable for viewing on MP3 players. There's also a particular type of video practically designed for portable audio players - podcasts.
Podcasts can be either audio or video, they are like radio or TV broadcasts except that they are available for viewing or listening anytime. You can subscribe to podcasts so that they are automatically downloaded to your computer when a new one is produced. From the computer, it can be transferred to your MP3 player.
Podcasts are often amateur productions with a wide range of subject matter. Users of Apple iTunes can browse through podcasts to select which ones to subscribe to, and they are automatically transferred to the iPod when it is connected to the computer.
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