Hello Steve, and everyone else who has chimed in on this. The thing is, people are saying they can watch previous episodes of ours that were encoded using exactly the same method as the latest ones (at least I don't think I changed any settings between then and now).
There's some talk of the difference between square iPod pixels and DV-AVI pixels (slightly rectangular) being part of the problem, so I'm testing a workaround for that. Still having to rely on others to test on their iPods as I don't have one! Here are the latest files ... one a straight MP4 file, the other containing our usual clickable link at the end: http://www.crashtestkitchen.com/video/cremebruleesquarepixels.mp4 http://www.crashtestkitchen.com/video/cremebruleesquarepixels-withlink.mov I'd appreciate anyone trying these on their vidpod. The only other option I can think is to encode with QuickTime using the video iPod preset, then crunch down the bitrate somehow. Steve, here are the encoding specs I've been using. As far as I can tell they are well within the iPod spec: File format, MP4 Video format, H.264 Data rate, 225 kilobits/second (roughly 28 kilobytes/sec) Optimized for download Image size 320 x 240 QVGA Frame Rate 24 Key Frame, automatic Frame Reordering, box ticked Then click Video Options, and ... Restrict profile(s) to baseline. Encoding mode best quality (multi-pass) Then click OK Now in the second-top drop-down box select Audi Format, AAC Channels, mono Data Rate 16kbps Output sample rate 22.050kHz Encoding quality better Waz www.crashtestkitchen.com --- In [email protected], "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Earlier this year Apple did something to either ipod firmware, itunes > or quicktime that means some methods for endocing video to ipod dont > seem to load onto the ipod anymore. > > I never had time to work out exactly what theyd changed, I assumed its > either a bug or a deliberate attempt to make people who encode ipod > stuff using quicktime, use the ipod export option and thus increase > the number of m4v files that exist in the world, serving apples agenda. > > This is annoying not least because there is nothing to say that Apple > wont do something similar again in future. Funnily enough this issue, > whatever caused it, doesnt seem to have stopped video encoded using > other methods (such as isquint) working on the ipod. I dunno, maybe it > was a bug. > > Still at least there is ipod conversion built into itunes now, so > whilst far less than ideal, if any videos do stop working at least > viewers can convert them more easily (& faster) now. > > If you are still up for talking about this subject, I would like to > know more about the export settings you were using that dont work > anymore. It would be good to know exactly what causes the problem. > > Cheers > > Steve of Elbows > --- In [email protected], "wazman_au" <elefantman@> wrote: > > > > OK, I uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes and QT Pro; re-encoded the > > creme brulee video with my usual settings; uploaded again; and > > updated the feed accordingly. > > > > Could someone who's a video ipodder please delete Crash Test Kitchen > > from iTunes, including sending the files to trash, then resubscribe > > and download the creme brulee episode, and see if it works on the > > iPod? > > > > If that doesn't fix it, I'm stumped. I have compared this file's > > specs to previous files that worked and it's pretty much identical, > > except for some minor differences in bitrate that I can't control > > anyway. > > > > As background: I use Adobe Premiere Elements for my editing, export > > a full-sized AVI, then crunch that down into a H.264 .mov file with > > QT Pro. Recently I switched from an NTSC format camera to PAL but I > > can't see how that would make a difference - especially since our > > cappuccino and tajine episodes were shot on the PAL cam, and the > > tandoori one was actually shot ages ago on NTSC. > > > > My backup plan is to use the "official" iPod video option in > > QuickTime but the files are pretty big and it doesn't allow for > > hyperlinks. > > > > And all this goes wrong just when we've been mentioned in Time > > magazine! > > > > Thanks to everyone who's helping me with this. > > > > Waz > > www.crashtestkitchen.com > > > > --- In [email protected], "Sheldon Pineo" <icenrye@> > > wrote: > > > > > > On 3/9/06, wazman_au <elefantman@> wrote: > > > could you try the following on your iPod and let me know what > > happens? > > > > (You might have to download and then transfer manually to your > > iPod) > > > > > > Sorry. No luck. I went to your site and downloaded the Tandoori > > > video. It also didn't load. I used iTunes format conveter and the > > > resulting video did load. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > www.icenrye.com > > > www.icenrye.blogspot.com > > > www.icenryelikes.blogspot.com > > > > > > 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/
