well, I guess that pretty much explains that :) ... thanks Michael
On 12/2/06, Michael Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The maximum data rate for 320x240 video encoded in h.264 for iPod > playback > is 768kbps. > > From the iPod tech specs page: http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html > Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, > 30 > frames per sec., Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with > AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov > file formats; H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames > per > sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, > 48 > kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up > to > 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with > AAC-LC > audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file > formats > > -Verdi > > On 12/2/06, Paul Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<paul.knight7%40btinternet.com>> > wrote: > > > > Hi, Richard, > > > > I downloaded this onto my mac, brilliant cross fades on the fluffs by > > the way and on the whole the video was quite informative, so that's > > why I get acid indigestion, ha! Anyway more to the point, I took the > > file and did a 'movie to ipod' convert in quicktime pro, and it came > > out with no loss of quality but i did come out about 0.9mb larger. > > My method is save your original edit in a way that you can, then open > > it up in quicktime pro and movie to ipod, now I don't know if the PC > > version does it properly or not, but failing that, you can convert a > > movie file in itunes so that it will play on an ipod. > > One thing I do know is you need to keep the kbps down below 700, this > > is on the ipod specification page at apple, a view of this might help > > you also. > > > > Paul Knight > > > > > > On 2 Dec 2006, at 03:10, Richard (Show) Hall wrote: > > > > > Update on this ... I moved the .avi file to my mac and did the export, > > > again, exactly according to directions (with the exception of data > > > rate of > > > 800) and still did not work on iPod > > > > > > ... Richard > > > > > > On 12/1/06, Richard (Show) Hall <[EMAIL > > > PROTECTED]<richard%40richardshow.com> > <richard%40richardshow.com>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > We used Michael Verdi's excellent tutorial > > > > > > > > http://aliveinbaghdad.pbwiki.com/AIB%20episode%20format > > > > > > > > for compressing mpeg4 files that will work on the iPod > > > > > > > > I know his method works, since I put files from alive in baghdad > > > on my > > > > ipod with no problem. > > > > > > > > However, we followed the instructions exactly ... using the combined > > > > brains of Maureen and I, which is AT LEAST one brain total and we > > > checked it > > > > twice and the file does the dreaded "won't work on iPod" thing > > > and I have to > > > > convert it for the iPod to get it to work and that's no fun. > > > > > > > > There is one difference, and maybe this is it. In Michael's > > > tutorial the > > > > file is an uncompressed DV file from final cut pro and in our > > > case it is an > > > > uncompressed .avi file from Premier and we are using quicktime > > > pro for the > > > > PC, and Michael is using quitime pro for the mac, but all the > > > same settings > > > > exist on the PC version that he refers to in the tutorial in the > > > mac version > > > > of quicktime. > > > > > > > > Oh yeah, the other thing is that we set the data rate to 800 > > > rather than > > > > 550. > > > > > > > > For the record, this evil file is presently on blip: > > > > > > > > > > > >http://blip.tv/file/get/Inspiredhealing- > > > Episode30TheDigestiveSystemHeartburnSteroidShotsForTenn947.mp4 > > > > > > > > Maybe someone can tell what is wrong with this file that it won't > > > work on > > > > my iPod > > > > > > > > ... thanks ... Richard > > > > > > > > -- > > > > http://richardhhall.org > > > > http://richardshow.com > > > > > > -- > > > http://richardhhall.org > > > http://richardshow.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > -- > http://michaelverdi.com > http://spinxpress.com > http://freevlog.org > Author of Secrets Of Videoblogging - http://tinyurl.com/me4vs > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- http://richardhhall.org http://richardshow.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
