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
> >
>


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