tuaw.com — After tinkering for several months with different video settings for playback on my video capable iPod and for easy portability to other devices, different computers, and via the Internet, I think I'm settling on a 3ivx codec in a .mov wrapper.
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ekaiDec 22, 2005
Agreed, 3ivx does rule. We've been using it for <a class="user" href="http://geekentertainment.tv">http://geekentertainment.tv</a> vids for several episodes now and the results are definitely an improvement. Encoding time is no longer than standard MPEG4. H.264 just takes way too long to encode for it to be worthwhile for me. Maybe if I had a dual G5 I'd think different. Oops, pun.
hellomotoDec 22, 2005
Hey guys, I need an ipod for cheap. If nebody could help me please tell me of one. ThxHellomoto
sackuDec 22, 2005
I ran across a good app on versiontracker.com the other day.... iSquint converted some MPGs to m4v for me :)
foxhoundadminDec 22, 2005
yes yes yes! please, oh god, please digg the hell outta this! i have to hear this title pronounced on diggnation! lol! omg, please, please, please!!! i can see it now. kevin will spit out so much beer or tea from laughing his ass off that it'll cause his computer to go up in smoke! lol.
foxhoundadminDec 22, 2005
darn. wrong tab. here's the story i want everyone to digg:<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/science/Scientists_discover_two_more_rings_around_Uranus">http://digg.com/science/Scientists_discover_two_more_rings_around_Uranus</a>now, doesn't that clear up a lot?
cmirzaDec 23, 2005
From the comments in this discussion it looks like the iPod can decode H.263 video, and it can decode video at higher resolution than the 400x400 that is advertised. Has anyone figured out how to get it to decode video with MP3 audio instead of AAC audio? If so, all that XviD/DivX content out there should be viewable on a video iPod as long as you put it in a Quicktime wrapper...
jnorris441Dec 23, 2005
Get a good PMP and you won't have to reencode your s**t.