That's a 3rd gen then. The 1st gen was tall and skinny with a white or black plastic front and polished metal back. The 2nd gen was basically the same but re-cased in a single piece of aluminium which wraps around (iPod mini style) with a plastic top and bottom. Neither of those play videos, but they do have photo viewing capabilities. The 3rd (and current) generation is the short fat one with the bigger screen, aluminium front and polished metal back which plays videos.