FYI according to my EyeTV2 Export software, the maximum dimension of a 3x4 video that will still play on a video capable iPod are
544 x 408 @ 198 KB/sec and for a 16x9 video (ie HDV 1080i source) 640 x 360 @ 198 KB/sec This may have already been covered before as I do not read many of these posts. But I do have notes where max dimensions were thought to be a little smaller. Just in case you are trying to post video that will still play on an iPod but also scale up to a TV much better than 320 x 240 will these appear to be the real maximums. It may have something to do with BOTH dimensions and bit rate. But all of the above exports from EyeTV2 copy and play on the Video iPod. They amount to over 10 MB a minute. So any insight to what happens when you lower the bitrate to 5 MB a minute (or about 100 KB/sec) would be appreciated. I'm gonna get back to much lower rates soon. I can't see offering anything more than 1 or 2 MB a minute as long as my form remains long. But I think short form is worth 5 MB a minute for sure. Man do we need more computing power or what? Exporting off air digital movies and shows for the iPod even at 10 MB a minute takes MANY HOURS on a dual 2.5 G5. Interesting thing is that different broadcasters are transmitting different bit rates and the lower bit rate recordings export much faster than the bloated ones. In my market - Salinas, Monterey, Santa Cruz - the digital broadcasters are transmitting HD rates even when they are only transmitting SD. Only the PBS affiliate transmits at much more efficient and lower bit rates that look in SD just as good as the NBC, CBS and FOX affiliate bloated SD transmissions. Anyone else here studying the digital broadcast signals in their air with EyeTV2 hooked to an EyeTV 500 receiver? -- Taylor Barcroft http://www.blogger.com/profile/11159903 New Media Publisher, Editor, Video Journalist, Podcaster, Futurecaster Santa Cruz CA, Beach of the Silicon Valley URL http://FutureMedia.org RSS http://feeds.feedburner.com/FutureMedia iTunes http://tinyurl.com/8ql87 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/