Yes iSquint uses a different encoder. ffmpeg, which is I believe what
handbrake uses too. There are PC Windows and Linux apps which use such
encoders too, most of these softwares are about providing a GUI for
one or more opensource encoders, and feeding the right parameters to
those encoders. So so
I just tried iSquint - that's a fantastic solution for Mac users. You can set the bit rate for the video and the audio - fast start works, syncs to iPod. Fast started in Firefox on my PC. So, is iSquint doing the encoding without using the Quicktime software that's built in to the OS? Why would
No Im not saying things are quite that bad/changed that much,
thankfully. The implication of what youve found with handbrake is that
theyve changed which type will play on the ipod, either by doing
something to itunes of ipod firmware.
But I just encoded some H264 using iSquint 1.2, and it still c
I think you might be right about Apple doing it on purpose. I just made a DVD of some video that I'd been working with and used Handbrake to rip it to mp4 using H.264 as the codec and it won't transfer to my iPod. This used to work.
Very disappointing.-VerdiOn 2/11/06, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROT
Oh dear, I think you are right. I just had a few goes and it didnt
work. It works ok if you dont use h264.
I dunno if its an Apple mistake or if there is any wayround this
problem. I have a suspicion Apple may have done it deliberately, to
maek sure people use the ipod export option, and thus pro
h264 certainly uses more cpu for playback than older mpeg4.
The ipod must use a decoder chip to play h264, rather than a cpu, so
effect on battery could be quite different to h264s effect on a laptop
battery (eg maybe little or no difference on ipod if chip doesnt draw
more power when decoding h26
pspvideo9 creating older mpeg4 and not h264/avc? Thats the only
explanation I have, as this main/baseline stuff is only an issue with
h264 ipod/psp stuff, not the older mpeg4 that both devices can play.
A file ending in .mp4 doesnt tell us whether its a mpeg4 or h264 file,
but .m4v files are h264
> the PSP uses main profile h264,wheras the ipod uses baseline.
Thanks for that clarifification, Steve.
I'm confused tho.
> > mp4 files made with psp video 9 utility will play on both.
How can that then be, if those files are, presumably, mainline?
joly
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Hey Greg,On 2/11/06, ecomputerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Based on my observations that H.264 takes up more CPU than 3ivx, mypresumption is that it also takes more battery power.I've never did a test but I know my computer gets hotter so it must be using more power when playing
h.264 Unfortuna
Michael,
My theory is that H.264 takes up more battery power for a given
quality level. I know that up until recently, Pocket PCs have had
difficulty playing high-bitrate H.264. And even the iPod maximum
bitrate playback is lower for H.264 than it is for 3ivx, for
example. With 30G or 60G iPod
It plays for me on firefox with Mac and QT 7, in the browser window,
but it doesnt fast start, so it takes a long time before it works. Is
this the problem you mean? Most of these alternative mpeg4 & h264
encoders are not thinkign about fast-start when they are written. A
few will probably work (eg
Yes you are correct, to play on the PSP there needs to be some
modification to the mp4 file, to include an atom structure that is
compatible with PSP. The various programs that are available to
speficially do PSP encodes know this, and have worked out how to do
it. Luckily it doesnt seem to interfe
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> So I'm thinking about iPod compatibility and the easiest way to make
a good
> iPod compatible video using H.264 seems to be to export as an .MP4.
You have
> control over the bit rate, single or dual pass, audio setti
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