You don't need music and music video file of the same song...

[kdogg]

Well, I'm not sure if everyone knew this, but I'll post up the tip.

If you bought a music video, then you do not need to purchase the music file. You can have a music video just play the audio portion without the battery eating video part. I have a few songs where I both the mp3 file and the music video. If you add any music video to a playlist that has just music files, then it'll just play the audio of that video when you run through that playlist. The only downside of not having a just music version is the album art and lyrics are unaccessible in audio only playback.

This will save me a little space and makes it easier to choose between a music video or music file.

 

[TheJosher]

I need it

Music videos often add extra noise to the song (like on Lifehouse's You and Me, there is a car driving up in the music video), and shorten the song if its too long to fit in the however-long music video slot.

Josh

 

[Aussie_iPod]

Some of the music videos don't sound as good as the actual single, sometimes "hollow". I'm just going through some of the music videos (about 400MB worth) and will vet the ones that don't sound as good, even though the videos are fab.

 

[kdogg]

My intention was really not to compare. I found it nice to have a music video just play audio during a normal playlist. So if I spent $2 on a video, I know I can still add it to my music only playlists and not have to purchase the music file. It's nice not to worry the screen will be on full backlight in my pocket when the music video will be playing.