Posted by Gary L T on 10/19/05 09:21

"XP" <xp@nospam.comn> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:59:04 +1300, "Gary L T" <garylt@it.net> wrote:

>>Getting back to the creation of video for the iPod, there is a tutorial
>>here:
>>
>>http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/creatingvideo.html
>>
>>In the small print, it says that "by following the steps in this tutorial,
>>QuickTime 7 Pro will automatically create an .m4v file containing H.264
>>video and AAC audio that is optimized for iPod. The only trouble with
>>using QuickTime 7 Pro is that you have to pay for this program if you
>>want to make iPod compatible video files, but the audio programs
>>are an integral part of the free iTunes software.
>>
>>I wonder if anyone has actually tried and had success with using any
>>of the other software conversion programs that have been referred to
>>in this thread? It's good that several other H.264 and MPEG-4
>>conversion programs exist, but some are expensive, and some
>>may not optimize the files for iPod. But if anyone knows of a
>>free conversion program that has actually made files that are
>>optimized for iPod and really do work on iPod, I would be
>>interested to know of them. Do you think Apple will make
>>such a program free to iPod users before long?
>>
> Why not try PSP Video 9 , its Free.
>
>
> http://www.pspvideo9.com/
>
> Has stacks of Options and can also work with VOB files that none of the
> Commercial ones can do..
>
Thanks XP for this URL. I installed this program and it created a file
named:
M4V10001.mp4 from one of my home movie .avi files.

The converted mp4 file played OK in QuickTime Player 7.0.3, but it was
rejected by iTunes as an invalid video file.

This has happened also to every other .mp4 file that I have tried from
the various programs recommended in this thread. Perhaps the mp4
file is altered (or perhaps renamed) in a way that is specific to the
requirements of the ipod?

It should be noted also that the "File" "Export" function in QuickTime
Player 7.0.3 does not work, you need to pay to get the pro version for this.

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