I have been encoding all my DVD's to best match DVD resolution and quality, which will, of course, not play on my iPod. Whenever I do want to watch something on my iPod I run it through iSquint, which re-encodes it (albeit relatively quickly). The thing is, since my videos are already in H.264, is there any program I can use to maybe cut the resolution in half without re-encoding, or is this just a fantasy? I'm encoding to a high bitrate, so will that be an issue? Can I reduce that too?
Thanks for any help, sorry if I'm just grasping at straws here.
Shrink H.264 Without Re-Encoding?
I wonder if ffmpegX would do what you want. http://ffmpegX.com
On the "video" tab you can un-check "Encode video" but the pixel dimension boxes are still available. Perhaps that's the equivalent of only cropping the image ...
But wait, you need to lower the bitrate as well? Um ...
Here's a question: even with lower resolution, lower bitrate, lower picture quality --- are you going to notice on an iPod's screen? Or is this mainly an academic exercise?
On the "video" tab you can un-check "Encode video" but the pixel dimension boxes are still available. Perhaps that's the equivalent of only cropping the image ...
But wait, you need to lower the bitrate as well? Um ...
Here's a question: even with lower resolution, lower bitrate, lower picture quality --- are you going to notice on an iPod's screen? Or is this mainly an academic exercise?