Movies for Ipod to be played on TV

[red_bully]

Hey, I ripped 6 movies today using the same settings (HB-AppleTV Preset because it has better quality than HB ipod) but I changed the encoder to h.264 ipod) and three of the movies transfered to the ipod but the other three "could not be transfered". The three that didnt transfer appear to all be wide screen. Any idea what happened and what I need to do to fix it?

[zedsdead]

Hey, I ripped 6 movies today using the same settings (HB-AppleTV Preset because it has better quality than HB ipod) but I changed the encoder to h.264 ipod) and three of the movies transfered to the ipod but the other three "could not be transfered". The three that didnt transfer appear to all be wide screen. Any idea what happened and what I need to do to fix it?

The iPod can only play back 640xN MAX files at a MAX bitrate of 1500 if H.264 Encoding is used. If MPEG-4 it is 720, but the files will be much larger.

[nightstrm]

Just for reference, the iPhone can handle 720-width files created using H.264 without any problems.

[borgclone]

Just for reference, the iPhone can handle 720-width files created using H.264 without any problems.

720x480 h.264 or 720xXXX where it's under 1200 macroblocks, like the iPod with a 3rd-party tool to put it on?

[nightstrm]

I still need to do some testing, but I've succesfully copied over (using iTunes) and played videos with various resolutions (all w/ 720 width) with no problems @ 1500kbps and x264 level 3.0. I plan on doing some test encodes this weekend to see exactly what the iPhone will and will not accept.

[GiraffeAbduction]

Wait... What?

You are using h264 main level 30 on an ipod @ 720 x XXX?

I think I read that wrong somewhere.

[nightstrm]

No I'm using the x264b30 command line flag, which is the same as selecting x264 (h.264 iPod) in the GUI interface. It's still H264, but using the iPod-compatible level 3.