What is Digg?6 Comments
- thoth92, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Handbrake encodes H.264 in x264 Baseline, which is iPod compatible. The thing is, both files are encoded the same, except that one is 640 X 480 and the other is 320 x 240. What happened was the 640 x 480 video wouldn't work (though the 320 x 240 did), contrary to what Apple and http://digg.com/apple/Use_full_video_resolution_on_5th_generation_iPods say.
- thoth92, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Actually, I figured out that it's because 640 x 480 video requires Baseline low complexity, not normal Baseline encoding. Handbrake can't do Low-complexity encoding, so problem solved.
- AaronHoffman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Case closed.
Read the article update.
(Reported as inaccurate.) - kallgaier, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wonder if the bitrate has something to do with it? Prior to the 5.5G iPod, the iPod could only handle up to 900 macroblocks (16 pixes squared = 1 macroblock). I am under the impression that the 5.5G iPods (and even the 5G iPods with the firmware update) can now handle up to 1,200 macrblocks (the number needed for 640x480). Hence, it should technically work. Going back to my bitrate theory... any video encoding experts here?
- soundboy64, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1doesn't handbrake use an xvid codec to code to MP4 thus the reason the iPod can't read it?
- Trapped, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Try using the latest version of Quicktime Pro to export to the iPod video format, rather than Handbrake.
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