Hi All,

To convert QT movies into iPod iTune video, try Podner.  It features:
        MPEG-4 and H.264 Export to iPod
        H.264 Singlepass and Multipass Support
        MPEG Muxed Audio Support
        Variable Quality Export
        Poster Frame Support During Encoding Process
        iTunes Integration - Processed Files Are Sent to iTunes

I tried it on the Apple's U2 iPod Ad, both as MPEG4 and H.264 file. The MPEG4 conversation was faster but the image quality was not as good as the H.264 file. Give it a try, you can get it from:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28213

Cheers,
Peder



On 09/11/2005, at 10:48 AM, Martin Hill wrote:

Yeah, we've trialed H.264 but the extremely long compression times and
incompatibility issues with earlier versions of Quicktime on campus in
particular have meant we've decided to stick with plain MPEG-4 for the time
being.

When you're wanting to compress dozens of lecture recordings every day in dozens of different formats, time is of the essence so we tend to go for quantity rather than quality. Once QT 7 has bedded down a bit more and we've increased the number of dual Xserve G5 Compression servers in our Mac
rack, we'll reassess the situation.

-Mart

From: Rob Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:37:48 +0800
To: WAMUG Mailing List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: WAMUG Oct & Nov Meeting Videos and podcast change


On 09/11/2005, at 9:25 AM, Susan Hastings wrote:

Martin, I had downloaded the smaller file, but its quite blurry on
the ipod. The 256k one is quite acceptable. Oh the joy of being
able to watch Matt and Daniel perform on an ipod! cheers, Susan.
On 09/11/2005, at 7:17 AM, Martin Hill wrote:

Try H.264 codec and see if that helps. I have had great success with
this encoding of files for very small file sizes. Only problem I have
encountered is no QT 7 for windows until just recently. Still a bit
dodgy but works and the fullscreen issue of QT7 if not pro, but VLC
does offer an alternative as does mplayer. Also H.264 can be extended
from original file size whilst watching without loss of quality as an
older Mpeg4 codec goes pixelated.

Quicktime Media Link has improved dramatically with QT7 and use of H.
264, put file somewhere and tell page where it hides and .qtl which
is an xml offering all sorts of control over files downloads and
plays relative Quicktime file.

VideoiPod is supposed to support H.264, so would be interested in
findings?

Cheers!
`Rob...

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