oh... also, I still have to try that other codec you told me about, Geert.
On Sep 7, 2007, at 7:40 AM, Orion Letizi wrote: > I actually have iPod and iPhone versions ready to go, I just haven't > published the iPod-ready feed yet (Taylor's been bugging me to do > this for a week). > > I'll have the separate feeds up soon. The larger versions use > Sorensen 3 rather than H.264 because it results in a significantly > smaller file size. > > I used QuickTimePro to do the conversion. As you might expect, it > has an export preset for iPod, iPhone, and AppleTV. > > --Orion > > On Sep 7, 2007, at 4:53 AM, Geert Bevin wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I subscribed to the Terracotta video podcasts at http:// >> feeds.feedburner.com/TerracottaVideoPodcasts and when I wanted to >> sync them with my iPod I noticed that the format isn't playable on >> the iPod (and neither the iPhone afaik). I thus converted those that >> I downloaded to the correct format, you can get them here: http:// >> rifers.org/downloads/terracotta/ >> >> I'm not sure who prepares them, but this is the easiest way I found >> to get fast, easy and good conversion: >> >> * download and get a license for VisualHub (http:/visu/ >> www.techspansion.com/visualhub/) >> * launch it >> * drag all the files you want to convert queue of the app >> * click on the iTunes tab at the top >> * click on the drop-down under 'Optimize for' >> * select 'All Devices' >> * click on H.264 encoding >> * set Quality to High >> * press Start >> >> This actually makes bigger videos than the screen sizes that are >> supported by the iPod and the iPhone, but the videos do play. The >> advantage is that they look better on a computer of on Apple TV. The >> current video podcasts are either a tad to big (768 by something) or >> are using an unsupported codec (Sorensen 3). >> >> Hope this is useful and I think it would be nice to prepare all the >> video podcast episodes in an iPod/iPhone/AppleTV compatible fashion. >> We might then even try to get the feed included into the iTunes >> podcast directory, which should attract some users. >> >> Take care, >> >> Geert >> >> -- >> Geert Bevin >> Terracotta - http://www.terracotta.org >> Uwyn "Use what you need" - http://uwyn.com >> RIFE Java application framework - http://rifers.org >> Music and words - http://gbevin.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> tc-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.terracotta.org/mailman/listinfo/tc-dev > > _______________________________________________ > tc-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terracotta.org/mailman/listinfo/tc-dev _______________________________________________ tc-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terracotta.org/mailman/listinfo/tc-dev
