5h Gen iPod In Trouble

The fifth generation of iPods arrived in October 2005, and the second full redesign was made in September 2006. Pictured below, you can see the iPod 5G models available since then, having a slim case, and a large screen with video playback capabilities that the iPods released one year later didn't have. Considering the fact that these players are not that new on the market, it came as a shock to me finding out that some recent iTunes videos have problems when played on them. In fact, "problems" is not well said, because they simply won't work!


Sad but true, iPod 5G owners are complaining about the fact that many videos released on iTunes after the 10th of April have problems, for example a complete freeze, no image with sound, or no sound, and image playing right.

This is not just some rumor, or things I've heard from my friends that have iPods. It all started on the 14th of April, when a topic called "Certain iTunes Store Videos Don't Play On 5th Gen iPod" appeared on the official Apple Discussions forum. Since then, more than 160 replies were posted, many of them from users having the same problem as the topic starter, a user having the nickname "Rocky Pope."

Until now, nobody found a solution for this issue, and Apple didn't offer any official explanation to this. The good part is that Apple is working on this, because videos purchased in the last few days play properly, according to users. Anyway, it seems this is a problem that only 5G iPods have, because the new iPod classic and touch didn't encounter any problems so far.