ITunes

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The title of this page given above is incorrect, due to technical limitations. The correct title is iTunes.
The iTunes Store allows the purchase of BSG episodes and the free download of podcasts

iTunes is a free music and multimedia viewing application from Apple Computers, available for both Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X operating systems. (Linux and other operating systems are not supported.)

The iTunes software allows users access to the iTunes Music Store, which also contains podcast commentaries of Battlestar Galactica episodes as well as the actual episodes themselves available for download and viewing.

While downloaded episodes (as well as podcasts) can be transferred and played on Apple's portable music/video player, the iPod, viewers need only the latest version of iTunes to download and watch the episodes--an iPod itself is not required.

Use of the iTunes Music Store requires the user to create an "Apple ID" (though an AOL account can be used as an Apple/iTunes ID) to log into the Music Store and its video selections. A credit card or pre-paid card is required for purchase of downloadable material.

Purchased videos are digitally "locked" to the user's Apple ID and cannot be played or exchanged without the user's Apple ID.

iTunes Podcasts[edit]

There are currently several different podcasts relating to Battlestar Galactica available from the iTunes Music Store:

  1. The "official podcast, where Ronald D. Moore provides a commentary track for each episode. Subscribe to Podcast
  2. The Combat Information Center is a weekly review/commentary podcast. Subscribe to Podcast
  3. Galactica Watercooler is a weekly(ish) roundtable review, commentary, and speculation podcast. Subscribe to Podcast

For a complete list of official podcasts see List of Podcasts.

iTunes Videos[edit]

iPod playing an episode of Battlestar Galactica

The iTunes Music Store offers the Re-imagined Series for download in its video section.

Downloaded episodes do not contain closed captioning information or special features as found in the available DVD miniseries and series episode compilations sold elsewhere.

Notes[edit]

  • iTunes can play only one media file at a time. That is, you can play a podcast commentary through iTunes, but you cannot play a downloaded episode simultaneously. In this case, the podcast can be transferred for play to an iPod or other player, or saved as another audio file for playback outside of iTunes while allowing iTunes to play the downloaded episode. Another method is to open and play the episode in the QuickTime Player (included with the iTunes software), while using iTunes to play the podcast.