Posted by GMAN on 10/13/05 20:16

In article <434e2c23@news.orcon.net.nz>, Richard <rich@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
>Gary L T wrote:
>
>> Thanks for this reference, the upgrade costs $US29.99 and Apple says
>> (why, that's just 8 cents a day for a year)!
>>
>> But Apple is overlooking the fact that people have paid a lot to get
>> their iPods, and if this is the only way of successfully converting
>> home movie files, it is going to be very unpopular with a lot of people!
>>
>> I tried a few other conversion programs, but none of the Mpeg4 Mov
>> or h264 avi files were accepted by iTunes 6.
>>
>> So if anyone knows of a conversion program that converts .avi to iTunes6
>> that works properly, please post details, thanks!
>
>
>Makes the video ipod look like just another halfassed apple product if it only
>takes quicktime... why not the avis that everything else is happy with... only
>apple..
Yup, Apple keeps on reinventing the wheel. Its not like there hasn't been
pocket video players for years now. Archos, Sony PSP and others have been
available for a while now.

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