Posted by Mike Kujbida on 10/13/05 11:33

Gary L T wrote:
> "Nathan Mercer" <nmercer@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:434de51a$1@clear.net.nz...
>> 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.
>
> Gary


Gary, I haven't had any reason to try this myself but try using the mp4
option that's in Vegas 6.0c (recently released). This was designed for the
Sony PSP but it may work for the iPod. Page 312-313 of the manual discusses
doing this (Tools - Export to PSP).
You can also try rendering out using the "Sony AVC/AAC (^.mp4)" option.
If you don't have the newest version of Vegas or the manual, you'll need to
download both of them. The manual was re-written to reflect the new changes
such as the addition of miniDVD import capabilities. I can tell you that
this option works like a charm :-)

Mike

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