Posted by Nathan Mercer on 10/13/05 06:34

Gary L T wrote:
>>>Can anyone tell me what type of video files the iPod will recognise?
>>
>>H.264 video
>>File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
>>Video: Up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline
>>Profile up to Level 1.3
>>Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio
>>
>>MPEG-4 video
>>File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
>>Video: Up to 2.5 Mbps, 480 x 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple
>>Profile
>>Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio
>
> Thanks Nathan for this information. I converted one of my home
> movie .avi files to QuickTime 6 (*.mov) with the help of my
> video editing program (Sony Vegas). Although Quicktime played
> the converted movie OK, iTunes 6, could not import the file and
> gave the following error message:
>
> The file test.mov cannot be imported because it does not appear
> to be a valid exported file.
>
> Does anyone know whether Apple has produced a conversion
> program that will convert .avi files to the format that iTunes6
> requires? Thanks for your help.

Cough up some more $$$ to AAPL and buy QuickTime Pro 7.0.3

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/creatingvideo.html

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