Strange, I thought I bought an ipod as soon as they could do video, yet mine is updated and can play the 640x480 stuff.
What version of software does itunes say is on your ipod? Mine is 1.2.1 Meanwhile Im not exactly sure about this bitrate thing. To be honest theres usually a bit of flexibility with bitrates, not least because the numbers we usually take about are the average bitrate, it often varies quite a bit throughout the file. Quicktime may report one bitrate for the file, but expensive mp4 analysis software can show how the bitrate changes over the length of the video. I'll see what I can find about ipod or itunes bitrate limits. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In [email protected], "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, I'm not using 640x480 videos. I generally render my NTSC avi into a > 320x240 MOV file first, then transcode the 320x240 MOV into a 320x240 FLV > and a 320x240 M4V. Since I'm not allowed to manually set options when I > use the "movie to iPod" export in QT, that would basically mean that QT is > intentionally choosing a bitrate that's too high for some iPod > generations, no? > > -- > Rhett. > http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime > http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > > > FYI, 640x480 videos do not play on my video iPod. I think maybe it's a > > generational thing with the iPod. I have the latest version of iTunes. > > When I plug my iPod in and check for updates, I get the message that > > my iPod is up to date - so I am not being offered the opportunity to > > update the firmware (maybe I was in the past - if it says I need an > > update, I update). Nevertheless, the 640x480 videos will not transfer > > onto the iPod even though they play fine in iTunes. Your users may be > > in the same boat with me. I believe I bought my iPod last February, so > > that's approximately 15 months ago. I think a new generation of video > > iPod came out after that - I don't remember - if it did then it's > > possibly an iPod generation thing. When I have time, which will be in > > about 2 weeks, I intend to take the iPod over to my local Apple store > > and ask about this problem. If I learn anything useful I'll post it here. > > > > Cheryl Colan > > I vlog: hummingcrow.com > > I make: whatwefound.blogspot.com > > I teach: node101phoenix.org > > > > --- In [email protected], "J. Rhett Aultman" <wlight@> > > wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for a little sanity checking, Steve. I really will need to > > follow > >> up with the user in specific and see what's going on, because we've been > >> pretty sure that, at least for the recent episodes, things were fine. > >> > >> -- > >> Rhett. > >> http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime > >> http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > >> > >> > That is indeed horribly confusing because m4v's created by quicktime > >> > ipod export option should always play. I just tried episode 6 on my > >> > ipod and it transferred and played fine. > >> > > >> > So I dunno, got any detail on what the people with a problem are > >> > experiencing? Plays o in itunes but wont transfer to ipod? > >> > > >> > Strange! > >> > > >> > Cheers > >> > > >> > Steve Elbows > >> > > >> > --- In [email protected], "J. Rhett Aultman" <wlight@> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Gang, > >> >> > >> >> I've had some complaints from my viewers that the .m4v files we > > generate > >> >> for distribution on iTunes are not compatible with video iPods. > > We're > >> >> finding this horribly confusing because we generate them with > > Quicktime > >> >> using the "Movie to iPod" exporter. > >> >> > >> >> Could I trouble someone to pull up > >> >> http://greentime.blip.tv/?file_type=mov,mpeg4,mp4,m4v,mp3&skin=rss in > >> >> iTunes, look at Greentime Episode #6 or #5 and see what might be > > wrong? > >> >> We can't find anything wrong at all, but we also don't have an iPod > >> > to try > >> >> it on. > >> >> > >> >> We'd be most grateful. > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Rhett. > >> >> http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime > >> >> http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >
