Bill, Can't see how that would work, because Apple TV syncs with iTunes on your computer, which means your iPoddable feed.
You could have a separate feed but this would effectively be a separate podcast - and would you expect your viewers to subscribe to both? Waz --- In [email protected], "Bill Cammack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Work-around #4 > > 1) Export for AppleTV > 2) Export for iPod > 3) Two different feeds > > Bill C. > http://BillCammack.com > > --- In [email protected], "wazman_au" <elefantman@> wrote: > > > > Stupid bloody Apple, why do they DO things like this???? > > > > Folks, this is a tough one, and yes, I've read through the > Casey-initiated thread. Good start > > but sadly optimistic. > > > > The question is, how do we pump out vids that are 640x480 and have > the "baseline low- > > complexity" profile, thus being both iPod and (presumably) Apple TV > compatible? > > > > Baseline can be selected when exporting with your own settings, but > the "low-complexity" > > sub-option cannot. According to Apple's developer spec, > low-complexity has been defined > > by Apple for the iPod, and it seems to be restricted to the Export > for iPod option, which > > cannot be configured. > > > > When exporting an iPod video, QuickTime chooses automatically > whether to use "baseline" > > or "baseline low-complexity" - in a nutshell, anything upwards of > 320x240 gets low- > > complexity. Gory details here: > > > > http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2007/tn2188.html > > > > Three possible workarounds. I am not in front of QTPro right now so > will try later: > > > > 1) Use the Export for iPod option with the source vid sized at > 640x480 - this will goad > > QTPro into using low-complexity - and then find some way of saving > the resulting video > > _again_ with a chopped-down bitrate, perhaps by doing a "Save as > ..." but without re- > > encoding. > > > > 2) Do it the other way round - export at the bitrate etc. that you > want, then run it through > > the iPod export. The developer spec suggests QT iPod exporter using > a 640x480 source > > file will pick its own bitrate according to a complex formula ("DR = > { (nMC * 8 ) / 3 } - 100" > > I kid you not, check out the developer link above) between 700 and > 1500kbps. But maybe > > if the source file is already lower, it won't jump up the bitrate > too shockingly. The MC in > > the equation stands for "macroblock" and if the number of these can > be reduced in the > > source file (how? Dunno) then, doing the maths, you are headed for a > smaller result. > > > > 3) Resize your source video to 640x480, whack it through Export for > iPod and hope the > > filesize is not too bloated. As in the formula above, this should > produce something > > between 700kbps and 1500kbps, although Apple doesn't say whether the > audio is > > included in that bitrate (AAARGH!). > > > > I found to my horror this afternoon that my carefully crafted > 640x480 recipe with > > meticulously pared down video and sound bitrates that delivered a > file of 5MB/minute that > > looks alright on the telly via laptop S-Video cable doesn't work on > the iPod. > > > > I am just about ready to tell Apple where to shove their TV box ... > and all of the above still > > leaves the question unanswered: will the aforementioned oblong > suppository PLAY H.264 > > BASELINE LOW-COMPLEXITY??? > > > > Anyone got one of these boxes? > > > > That's all for now. I know none of the above is tested but I thought > I'd post now while my > > blood is up, and to give others the chance to look for a solution. > > > > Waz from Crash Test Kitchen > > http://www.crashtestkitchen.com > > >
