You're a research machine, Steve. Thanks. Luckily, the complaining viewer shows up at my parties a lot, so I can just ask him to bring the iPod with him or something and see what the heck is going on.
-- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > OK Im concluding that all video ipods should be able to be updated to > run the same spec files as the current 5.5G ipod. > > And I looked into the bitrate thing a bit more and I dont think > there's anything wrong with your bitrate. The slightly larger bitrate > being stated is because that includes the audio, this is totally > normal. When I export your video from quicktime but select > 'pass-though', it tells me the bitrate for the video is 678kbps, which > is lower than the max ipod 768kbps spec for that sort of file. > > So just to re-iterate, the stated 768kbps ipod bitrate limit for > 320x240 baseline h264, is just for the video part, doesnt include > audio, so its normal that your video & audio combined can exceed that > bitrate. > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > --- In [email protected], "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> 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" <wlight@> >> 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! 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