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Gary L T
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Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:42 am Post subject:
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Can anyone tell me what type of video files the iPod will recognise?
If you have .avi files from downloading your home movies to your
hard drive, do you have to convert these to MPEG4 or similar?
Can anyone tell me how to convert .avi files to a format that
the Apple video ipod will recognise?
Thanks for your help.
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Nathan Mercer
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Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:42 am Post subject:
Re: Ipod Video: Transferring Home Movies |
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Gary L T wrote:
[quote]Can anyone tell me what type of video files the iPod will recognise?
[/quote]
H.264 video
File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
Video: Up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline
Profile up to Level 1.3
Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio
MPEG-4 video
File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
Video: Up to 2.5 Mbps, 480 x 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple
Profile
Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio
[quote]If you have .avi files from downloading your home movies to your
hard drive, do you have to convert these to MPEG4 or similar?
Can anyone tell me how to convert .avi files to a format that
the Apple video ipod will recognise?
Thanks for your help.
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XP
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Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:24 am Post subject:
Re: Ipod Video: Transferring Home Movies |
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On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:30:06 +1300, "Gary L T" <garylt@it.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Can anyone tell me what type of video files the iPod will recognise?
If you have .avi files from downloading your home movies to your
hard drive, do you have to convert these to MPEG4 or similar?
Can anyone tell me how to convert .avi files to a format that
the Apple video ipod will recognise?
Thanks for your help.
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Get a PSP far better and free software, can convert VOB files to MPEG4's
http://www.pspvideo9.com/
Most software for the PSP is not Free and can't handle VOB files, this one
can and its FREE.
What type of screen is fitted to a iPod..?
I do hope its not a OLED one with its 2 year life span.. |
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ChrisOD
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Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:11 am Post subject:
Re: Ipod Video: Transferring Home Movies |
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In article <434de51a$1@clear.net.nz>, Nathan Mercer wrote:
| Quote: | Gary L T wrote:
Can anyone tell me what type of video files the iPod will recognise?
H.264 video
File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
Video: Up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline
Profile up to Level 1.3
Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio
MPEG-4 video
File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
Video: Up to 2.5 Mbps, 480 x 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple
Profile
Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio
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I thought H.264 was MPEG4 part10 so if the MPEG4 settings are different
from H.264 is that H.263?
| Quote: | If you have .avi files from downloading your home movies to your
hard drive, do you have to convert these to MPEG4 or similar?
Can anyone tell me how to convert .avi files to a format that
the Apple video ipod will recognise?
Thanks for your help.
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Gary L T
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Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:21 am Post subject:
Re: Ipod Video: Transferring Home Movies |
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"Nathan Mercer" <nmercer@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:434de51a$1@clear.net.nz...
| Quote: | Gary L T wrote:
Can anyone tell me what type of video files the iPod will recognise?
H.264 video
File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
Video: Up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline
Profile up to Level 1.3
Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio
MPEG-4 video
File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
Video: Up to 2.5 Mbps, 480 x 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple
Profile
Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio
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Thanks Nathan for this information. I converted one of my home
movie .avi files to QuickTime 6 (*.mov) with the help of my
video editing program (Sony Vegas). Although Quicktime played
the converted movie OK, iTunes 6, could not import the file and
gave the following error message:
The file test.mov cannot be imported because it does not appear
to be a valid exported file.
Does anyone know whether Apple has produced a conversion
program that will convert .avi files to the format that iTunes6
requires? Thanks for your help.
Gary |
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Nathan Mercer
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Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:34 am Post subject:
Re: Ipod Video: Transferring Home Movies |
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Gary L T wrote:
| Quote: | Can anyone tell me what type of video files the iPod will recognise?
H.264 video
File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
Video: Up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline
Profile up to Level 1.3
Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio
MPEG-4 video
File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
Video: Up to 2.5 Mbps, 480 x 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple
Profile
Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio
Thanks Nathan for this information. I converted one of my home
movie .avi files to QuickTime 6 (*.mov) with the help of my
video editing program (Sony Vegas). Although Quicktime played
the converted movie OK, iTunes 6, could not import the file and
gave the following error message:
The file test.mov cannot be imported because it does not appear
to be a valid exported file.
Does anyone know whether Apple has produced a conversion
program that will convert .avi files to the format that iTunes6
requires? Thanks for your help.
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Cough up some more $$$ to AAPL and buy QuickTime Pro 7.0.3
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/creatingvideo.html |
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XP
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Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:11 pm Post subject:
Re: Ipod Video: Transferring Home Movies |
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On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:21:46 +1300, "Gary L T" <garylt@it.net> wrote:
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"Nathan Mercer" <nmercer@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:434de51a$1@clear.net.nz...
Gary L T wrote:
Can anyone tell me what type of video files the iPod will recognise?
H.264 video
File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
Video: Up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline
Profile up to Level 1.3
Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio
MPEG-4 video
File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
Video: Up to 2.5 Mbps, 480 x 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple
Profile
Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio
Thanks Nathan for this information. I converted one of my home
movie .avi files to QuickTime 6 (*.mov) with the help of my
video editing program (Sony Vegas). Although Quicktime played
the converted movie OK, iTunes 6, could not import the file and
gave the following error message:
The file test.mov cannot be imported because it does not appear
to be a valid exported file.
Does anyone know whether Apple has produced a conversion
program that will convert .avi files to the format that iTunes6
requires? Thanks for your help.
Gary
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Get a PSP, screen is some 2 times bigger and the software is FRE and 1500 Kbps
video support & H.264 video |
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Gary L T
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Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Ipod Video: Transferring Home Movies |
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"Nathan Mercer" <nmercer@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:434dffd9$1@clear.net.nz...
Thanks for this reference, the upgrade costs $US29.99 and Apple says
(why, that's just 8 cents a day for a year)!
But Apple is overlooking the fact that people have paid a lot to get
their iPods, and if this is the only way of successfully converting
home movie files, it is going to be very unpopular with a lot of people!
I tried a few other conversion programs, but none of the Mpeg4 Mov
or h264 avi files were accepted by iTunes 6.
So if anyone knows of a conversion program that converts .avi to iTunes6
that works properly, please post details, thanks! |
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Richard
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Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:41 pm Post subject:
Re: Ipod Video: Transferring Home Movies |
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Gary L T wrote:
| Quote: | Thanks for this reference, the upgrade costs $US29.99 and Apple says
(why, that's just 8 cents a day for a year)!
But Apple is overlooking the fact that people have paid a lot to get
their iPods, and if this is the only way of successfully converting
home movie files, it is going to be very unpopular with a lot of people!
I tried a few other conversion programs, but none of the Mpeg4 Mov
or h264 avi files were accepted by iTunes 6.
So if anyone knows of a conversion program that converts .avi to iTunes6
that works properly, please post details, thanks!
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Makes the video ipod look like just another halfassed apple product if it only
takes quicktime... why not the avis that everything else is happy with... only
apple.. |
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Mike Kujbida
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Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:33 pm Post subject:
Re: Ipod Video: Transferring Home Movies |
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Gary L T wrote:
| Quote: | "Nathan Mercer" <nmercer@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:434de51a$1@clear.net.nz...
Gary L T wrote:
Can anyone tell me what type of video files the iPod will recognise?
H.264 video
File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
Video: Up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per second,
Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3
Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio
MPEG-4 video
File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
Video: Up to 2.5 Mbps, 480 x 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple
Profile
Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio
Thanks Nathan for this information. I converted one of my home
movie .avi files to QuickTime 6 (*.mov) with the help of my
video editing program (Sony Vegas). Although Quicktime played
the converted movie OK, iTunes 6, could not import the file and
gave the following error message:
The file test.mov cannot be imported because it does not appear
to be a valid exported file.
Does anyone know whether Apple has produced a conversion
program that will convert .avi files to the format that iTunes6
requires? Thanks for your help.
Gary
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Gary, I haven't had any reason to try this myself but try using the mp4
option that's in Vegas 6.0c (recently released). This was designed for the
Sony PSP but it may work for the iPod. Page 312-313 of the manual discusses
doing this (Tools - Export to PSP).
You can also try rendering out using the "Sony AVC/AAC (^.mp4)" option.
If you don't have the newest version of Vegas or the manual, you'll need to
download both of them. The manual was re-written to reflect the new changes
such as the addition of miniDVD import capabilities. I can tell you that
this option works like a charm :-)
Mike |
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Gary L T
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Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:11 am Post subject:
Re: Ipod Video: Transferring Home Movies |
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"Mike Kujbida" <kujfamNoSpam@xplornet.com> wrote in message
news:3r6uvhFh7nduU1@individual.net...
| Quote: | Gary, I haven't had any reason to try this myself but try using the mp4
option that's in Vegas 6.0c (recently released). This was designed for
the
Sony PSP but it may work for the iPod. Page 312-313 of the manual
discusses
doing this (Tools - Export to PSP).
You can also try rendering out using the "Sony AVC/AAC (^.mp4)" option.
If you don't have the newest version of Vegas or the manual, you'll need
to
download both of them. The manual was re-written to reflect the new
changes
such as the addition of miniDVD import capabilities. I can tell you that
this option works like a charm :-)
Thanks for this information Mike, I am still using Vegas 5, so I will need |
to upgrade to Version 6 before long. I guess in the long term it would
pay to buy QuickTime Pro 7.0.3, but I think Apple would generate more
ipod sales and customer goodwill if they released a free conversion
program so that people can watch their home movies on their ipods.
After all, Apple have supplied free software for people to convert their
music cds into formats that are compatible with the ipod, so perhaps
they have done this for video, but we haven't yet found the program?
Gary |
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GMAN
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Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:16 am Post subject:
Re: Ipod Video: Transferring Home Movies |
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In article <434e2c23@news.orcon.net.nz>, Richard <rich@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
| Quote: | Gary L T wrote:
Thanks for this reference, the upgrade costs $US29.99 and Apple says
(why, that's just 8 cents a day for a year)!
But Apple is overlooking the fact that people have paid a lot to get
their iPods, and if this is the only way of successfully converting
home movie files, it is going to be very unpopular with a lot of people!
I tried a few other conversion programs, but none of the Mpeg4 Mov
or h264 avi files were accepted by iTunes 6.
So if anyone knows of a conversion program that converts .avi to iTunes6
that works properly, please post details, thanks!
Makes the video ipod look like just another halfassed apple product if it only
takes quicktime... why not the avis that everything else is happy with... only
apple..
Yup, Apple keeps on reinventing the wheel. Its not like there hasn't been |
pocket video players for years now. Archos, Sony PSP and others have been
available for a while now. |
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XP
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Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:30 am Post subject:
Re: Ipod Video: Transferring Home Movies |
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On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:11:21 +1300, "Gary L T" <garylt@it.net> wrote:
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"Mike Kujbida" <kujfamNoSpam@xplornet.com> wrote in message
news:3r6uvhFh7nduU1@individual.net...
Gary, I haven't had any reason to try this myself but try using the mp4
option that's in Vegas 6.0c (recently released). This was designed for
the
Sony PSP but it may work for the iPod. Page 312-313 of the manual
discusses
doing this (Tools - Export to PSP).
You can also try rendering out using the "Sony AVC/AAC (^.mp4)" option.
If you don't have the newest version of Vegas or the manual, you'll need
to
download both of them. The manual was re-written to reflect the new
changes
such as the addition of miniDVD import capabilities. I can tell you that
this option works like a charm :-)
Thanks for this information Mike, I am still using Vegas 5, so I will need
to upgrade to Version 6 before long. I guess in the long term it would
pay to buy QuickTime Pro 7.0.3, but I think Apple would generate more
ipod sales and customer goodwill if they released a free conversion
program so that people can watch their home movies on their ipods.
After all, Apple have supplied free software for people to convert their
music cds into formats that are compatible with the ipod, so perhaps
they have done this for video, but we haven't yet found the program?
Gary
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Why not try the Free PSP one..
http://www.pspvideo9.com/ |
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Nathan Mercer
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Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:14 am Post subject:
Re: Ipod Video: Transferring Home Movies |
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from http://diversifiedmultimedia.com/
New versions of Video Vault™ and Video Vault™ PVP to support
Apple's Video iPod!
Key Features:
Import DVDs, VCDs, SVCDs, Analog/Digital Camcorder Tapes
Import AVI, Mpeg1, Mpeg2, Mpeg4, ASF, WMV, DVR-MS, and many more file
types
Export directly to the Video iPod
Completely Organize your collection, including thumbnails and genres
Overlay Subtitles right on top of the video!
Complete Audio and Subtitle Language Selection!
Directly connects to the iPod including ability to delete directly
within Video Vault™ ! |
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Bruce Hoult
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Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:41 am Post subject:
Re: Ipod Video: Transferring Home Movies |
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In article <434eb159@clear.net.nz>, "Gary L T" <garylt@it.net> wrote:
| Quote: | "Mike Kujbida" <kujfamNoSpam@xplornet.com> wrote in message
news:3r6uvhFh7nduU1@individual.net...
Gary, I haven't had any reason to try this myself but try using the mp4
option that's in Vegas 6.0c (recently released). This was designed for
the
Sony PSP but it may work for the iPod. Page 312-313 of the manual
discusses
doing this (Tools - Export to PSP).
You can also try rendering out using the "Sony AVC/AAC (^.mp4)" option.
If you don't have the newest version of Vegas or the manual, you'll need
to
download both of them. The manual was re-written to reflect the new
changes
such as the addition of miniDVD import capabilities. I can tell you that
this option works like a charm :-)
Thanks for this information Mike, I am still using Vegas 5, so I will need
to upgrade to Version 6 before long. I guess in the long term it would
pay to buy QuickTime Pro 7.0.3, but I think Apple would generate more
ipod sales and customer goodwill if they released a free conversion
program so that people can watch their home movies on their ipods.
After all, Apple have supplied free software for people to convert their
music cds into formats that are compatible with the ipod, so perhaps
they have done this for video, but we haven't yet found the program?
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Just for fun I tried converting the Serenity trailer uwing the "Export
Movie to iPod" option in QuickTime Player. It made a 320x181 pixel movie
that iTunes accepts fine, and looks good (as usual) played at double
size but pretty crappy when playeed full screen (1600x1200 :-P ). It's
12 MB is size for 2:19. (the original was 22.8 MB)
Now I just need an iPod to try it on...
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