Justin Wetherell wrote: > Does anyone know about the ipod video format (I know little to nothing > about iPods and Apples)? I am assuming it's quicktime. The question > really is: My wife has an iPod video and I was wondering if we can hack > the encodingserver to create a format that's compatible with the new > video iPods.
A quick 'ipod video format' came up with: http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html * Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats. AFAIK H.264 is x264, so it should be supported by mencoder. Here's a second pass ffmpeg command, the first pass has -pass 1. Found this in the MEncoder-users list, so I haven't tried it. ffmpeg -i $directory/$file -comment '$file' -title '$title' -author '$author' -timestamp '$rightnow' -y -cropleft 10 -cropright 10 -croptop 8 -cropbottom 8 -deinterlace -vcodec xvid -s 320x240 -r 29.97 -b 384 -qmin 2 -qmax 5 -bufsize 4096 -acodec aac -ab 96 -g 300 -pass 2 -passlogfile /tmp/ipod_log -f mov feedpath'$filename'.pass2 BTW encoding server uses mencoder. I don't have an ipod, so you will need to figure out the exact command. Duncan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freevo-devel mailing list Freevo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel
