vallery.net — With the arrival of my Apple TV I needed a solution to be able to automatically convert my Xvid, Divx, WMV files to the Apple TV format, and then import them into iTunes. I created step-by-step instructions on how I setup the workflow and a folder action. Now I can just drop the files I want converted and everything happens automatically for me.
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cleverboyMar 24, 2007
No one cares to do that, bud. Anyone buying iTunes content knows what they're doing and generally won't care to "re-convert" it to something else... and, uh, we're in an AppleTV thread by the way. --But, you should still Google it anyway. I know there was an Apple script to do just that for music using the iMovie hole Apple left open. Instead of wasting time on weird requests like that however, I'd prefer people created more tutorials on CVS and WebDav.
jeffrey903Mar 24, 2007
Or you could just get VisualHub - <a class="user" href="http://www.techspansion.com/visualhub/">http://www.techspansion.com/visualhub/</a>It's only $23.32 (cheaper than QuickTime Pro) and it converts significantly faster than Quicktime does. The latest version even has an option that converts your video specifically to an AppleTV format.
jwdavMar 25, 2007
Ditto the plug for VisualHub - I grabbed it yesterday and am really impressed with it. Great interface, handles almost anything you could throw at it, has a queue, which also works with xgrid (I now have a 24GHz processor for batch conversions). Comes with an entertaining and useful manual and is well worth the price.
soxfannhMar 25, 2007
Or just get a Divx DVD player, no need to reconvert your entire library and lose time and quality. I just don't get the hype about this thing when its comes as crippled as it is. You shouldn't have to unlock Divx/Xvid compatibility when its on many $50 DVD players to begin with...
stickittothemonMar 25, 2007
Just outta curiosity how are you ripping your dvd's, I tried using the handbreak but find that the h.264 files have a second lag when i press skip forward or back in frontrow. Is there a better alternative to handbreak that i dont know about.
gert2Mar 25, 2007
Apple _is_ the standard in video.
yabosMar 25, 2007
But then you have to burn possibly hundreds of DVDs and hope you can find the one you want later. No thanks.
ephallMay 19, 2007
Perhaps this doesn't work for everything the workflow method takes care of, but, since I don't have quicktime pro I kept looking and ended up using (FREE) isquint instead (<a class="user" href="http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ipod_itunes/isquint.html)">http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ipod_itunes/isquint.html)</a> to convert some things.I just clicked 'optimize for tv' and 'add to itunes' and was able to convert divx .avi files to .mp4 files itunes would recognize and play...didn't even have to add them to my library...for me this was an infinitely easier and cheaper option than the automator method described here.