It may not quite be that simple. It may be that simple, but it may not. There are further specifications regarding what type of mpeg4 files the ipod can play eg the profiles (main, standard, base) and the maximum bitrates. It is therefore not impossible that many existing mpeg4 videoblogs will need converting to work properly. Hopefully they will all be fine, but I havent read up on the profile stuff yet so I cant be 100% sure.
Also in related news: Quicktime 7.0.3 includes a new export option which makes ipod videos. Under The export option there is now a new item 'Movie to iPod (320x240)' If you select that option, it gives you no other configurable options that I can see, so no bitrate to set, no framerate, no res, etc. It appears to create 320x240 files in h264 at 768kbps, using the same framerate as the source movie. Under the surfac its likely using the same h264 compression as quicktime 7's always had, so its just as slow. The complication here is that Apple have decided to use another file extension, m4v. Oh what fun! I believe they have done this because they have set itunes up to be the default app that opens .m4v files. Im thinking that hopefullythese m4v files are just the same as .mp4, they are certainly a legitimate part of the mpeg4 spec I believe, we just havent seen people using that file extension much yet. Anyway hopefully this isnt going to turn into the same story of incompatibility when there neednt be any, as occurs with PSP mpeg4. Also I havent checked yet whether these .m4v files work well in a browser, eg faststart (progressive download). The 'buy videos through itunes' stuff appears to be even more geographically constrained than Id hoped, I dont think theres anything availble in the UK itunes store yet at all, and I bet most of the rest of the world is in a similar position. Dunno how long I have to wait till these new ipods are availbale in UK either. Cheers Steve of Elbows --- In [email protected], Kunga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > supports mpeg4 and H.264 so YES > -- > Taylor Barcroft http://www.blogger.com/profile/11159903 > New Media Publisher, Editor, Video Journalist, Webcaster, Futurecaster > Santa Cruz CA, Beach of the Silicon Valley > URL http://FutureMedia.org > RSS http://feeds.feedburner.com/FutureMedia > iTunes http://tinyurl.com/8ql87 > > On Oct 12, 2005, at 12:08 PM, Steve Garfield wrote: > > > Supports 3ivx? > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
