Well most of the methods create mpeg4 which are the same type as most videobloggers have been using for ages anyway, so likely identical to stuff youve already tested in the past.
h264 stuff youve already tried and it doesnt play back at all appropriately on a pocketpc at the moment. Also bear in mind that Michael Verdis guides are optimised for the delivery side of things as much as playback quality. They use settings that are way below the spec that the ipod can actually play. Lower framerate, much worse sound quality, and lower resolution. Now I can argue about these things till Im blue in the face, and its pointless. People vary in which factor is most important to them, its a compromise between quality and filesize/storage space/download time. For videoblogging this compromise can be important. Freevlog is for videoblogging, and it mostly makes the right compromises, if I seem to criticise it a lot its only because its so influential and important. But if for example you dont care about filesize, and want to take a load of movies and encode them in a way that gives the best results when you hook your ipod up to the TV, and arent worried about distribution, the advise will be different. Oh Im waffling. Alo I noticed I totally mangled a sentence in a previous email so here is an unmangled version: was: 'This advice wont apply if people are using other pcature devices that may for example record straight toa 23x0240 res.' should be: This advise wont apply if people are using other capture devices that may for example record straight to a 320x240 resolution. Steve of Elbows --- In [email protected], "ecomputerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there any chance to post actual videos compressed with the listed > methods. I want to test compatibility with a Pocket PC so we can end > up with recommended compression method and settings that will be > compatible with the iPod AND a Pocket PC. My users and I thank you ;- > ). > > Greg Smith > Author, FeederReader - Pocket PC *direct* RSS text, audio, video, > podcasts > www.FeederReader.com - Download on the Road > > --- In [email protected], "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Many thanks for the guides/review. > > > > In regards the movie to ipod export option, believe it or not the > > resolution that its giving you is actually a more accurate > > representation of your NTSC DV footage than 320x240 is. > > > > Its an aspect ratio issue. NTSC is 720x480. To turn 720 into 320, > > divide by 2.25. To maintain the aspect ratio, the same reduction > > should also be performed on the vertical resolution. But if you > divive > > 480 by 2.25, you get 213.3333 not 240. > > > > So quicktime is actually just trying to maintain the aspect ratio. > In > > other parts of the world that use PAL rather than NTSC, DV res is > > 720x576. So results are different with PAL footage. I just tried it > > and my PAL 720x576 footage gets turned into a 300x240 clip. Same > > reason, its maintaining the aspect ratio. This time its divided the > > vertical and horizontal resolution by a factor of 2.4. > > > > Anyway in practise videobloggers havent been worrying about this > > stuff, so in every videoblog created with a DV cam, the aspect > ratio > > is slightly wrong on the final 320x240 footage. NTSC footage at > > 320x240 is stretched, so you are slightly thinner than in real > life. > > PAL footage is slightly squashed, so I am slightly fatter than in > real > > life. > > > > > > More tech info on aspect ratio stuff here: > > > > http://www.mir.com/DMG/aspect.html > > > > Certainly easier to forget this issue than worry about it I guess, > but > > I can see why Apple have done what theyve done on this one. > > > > Steve of Elbows > > --- In [email protected], Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Export "Movie to iPod (320 X 240)" > > > I had hoped that this would be an easy to use preset that would > be > > > great for videobloggers and the iPod but it's not. If you edit > some > > > DV footage and use this option it will make your compressed > video 320 > > > X 213 which looks like crap. What this feature seems intended > for > > > (and is good at doing) is taking an old quicktime movie > (compressed > > > with something else like Sorenson) that you've already > downloaded and > > > make it work on you iPod. > > > > > > That's about it for now. > > > Verdi > > > -- > > > Me: http://michaelverdi.com > > > R&D: http://graymattergravy.com > > > Learn to videoblog: http://freevlog.org > > > Learn to videoblog in person: http://node101.org > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/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/
