Automatic transcoding for iPod

I have most of my music library in ALAC which you
probably know takes up a lot of space, to much for
even an 80GB iPod. So, I would like to continue to
automatically sync my iPod with iTunes but have
iTunes transcode the lossless files to AAC on-the-fly
for the iPod.
After much searching I am aware that iTunes does not
have this functionality built in. I don't have the
time or resources to manage both a lossless and lossy
version of my library so I was wondering if anybody
knew if there are any readily available applescripts
or automator actions that will do this or even if
it's (easily) doable with those two programs.
Any external scripts etc. would at best result in adding additional copies to your iTunes library. The only utility that is going to sync to your iPod is iTunes itself.
This is a feature I also think Apple should add (I believe WMP has done this for ages).
Ironically I also believe Apple do partially do this already! The iPod Shuffle (original white plastic one and current aluminium one) do not support Apple Lossless at all due to their limited capacity. In this situation iTunes will already automatically transcode to AAC to send to the iPod, see http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300497 . So there is no reason why Apple could not make this available to users with all models of iPod for the same reason.
For example, even though the iPhone supports Apple Lossless (unlike the iPod Shuffle) it also has limited capacity and my music library is far too big to fit on an iPhone in Apple Lossless format).

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[NEW RELEASE] Arista - Easy to use transcoder for the GNOME Desktop

I have created packages (regular and nightly releases) in the AUR for a new program called Arista.
http://programmer-art.org/projects/arista-transcoder
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All development will happen on Launchpad, which provides bug tracking, distributed version control, milestone / roadmap planning and tracking, a forum and translation utilities.
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Regular release: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25872
Bazaar (nightly) release: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25876
Last edited by mrbug (2009-04-23 09:20:19)

fukawi2 wrote:
mrbug wrote:Is libdvdcss a required or optional dependency?
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Elgato H.264 hardware transcoder is $99 dollars(USB stick that plugs in to Mac)-speeds up encoding of any file quicktime can handle, settings for apple tv, iphone/touch, ipod,Sony PSP. Worth the cost if you transcode a lot of video for the Touch or own an elgato HD tuner. Files work flawlessly and look great.
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i wish to manually convert .mov (video with audio) to vPod format.
anyone know where there is a list of the specs required, movie size, format, audio format?
i'm trying to figure out the following:
i have two movies of like nature. i drop ,them both in iTunes. i tell iTunes to convert for iPod and it says one does not need conversion. i am trying to figure out why the other does. they are both 44.1/h.264.
what is the movie size spec and all the specs for QT to vPod conversion? (i want do to it manually.)
i think i have it, is this correct: 320x180 (16:9). i assume vPod can play both 48.hz audio and that that does not have to be converted to 44.1 (both aac)?

QT Kirk is simply saying
you can make the file you dropped on the script in
order to make it uneditable editable once again by
loading the file in a hexidecimal editor utility and
"zeroing out" the code that makes it uneditable.
yes, i wanted to know which file to edit the script or the 'locked' movie --the .mov, thanks.
.mov
Format: AAC,Stereo (L R), 44.100kHz, H.264 Decoder,
391 x 216, Millions
FPS: 29.97
Data Size: 58.25
Data Rate: 536.90 kbits/sec
Normal Size: 391 x 216 pixels
Current Size: 391 x 216 pixels
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The information cited does not include information regarding
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using either the "Main" or "Baseline" profile.
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how can you do that via QTP expert options? if you can. i create a lot of web movies and wish to 'feed 2 birds with one piece of bread'. (i like birds.
if these are the only
conversion for iPod tools apple offers...
why?
QT Pro/iTunes currently
offers the use of two H.264 iPod compatible,
automatically adaptive workflows (Baseline LC and
Baseline) and QT Pro additionally offers one full
manual iPod compatible H.264 workflow (Baseline
profile) and one full manual MPEG-4 workflow. As to
why the QT "Movie to iPod" and iTunes workflows are
auto-adaptive, most users simply want to have iPod
compatible files when they want them and don't want
to learn how to make them properly with respect to
each compression format and/or profile requirement
and/or special case considerations (dimensions, data
rates, frame rates, key frame frequency, aspect
ratio, macroblock efficiency considerations, etc).
yes, i wish to... well, i said that above, create web and ipod in 'one fell swoop'. i suppose these ipod auto-adaptive modes will work for web, but i'd rather use the expert options. i would like to "learn how to make them properly".
> ok .m4v is h.264.
Rather loosely stated. The
".m4v" extension refers to the file container while
H.264 refers to the actual video compression
algorithm. In this case the H.264 video format is
specifically stored in this file container. One the
other hand, the ".mp4" file container is a more
generic MPEG-4 file container commonly used for
either MPEG-4 or H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) video compressed
files. And, at the other end of the scale, the ".mov"
file container is the most generic since it can
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i did not know that .mp4 also served for h.264. the graphic container of .m4v i had sort of noticed, however i did not or had not for .mov, thanks.
Your file did not conform to
the required "Baseline LC" profile and so iTunes
converted it. Since the "LC" profile defaults to a
video data rate on the order of 1500 Kbps, your file
size was nearly doubled for the specific duration of
your clip.
i'm not sure i understand why my data rate was converted where a lesser data rate was not. (536 vs. 262)
thanks very much for this 'training'.

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ok going by my quotes/your answers
you state no recreation of music as itunes does this..how do you automatically sync your ipod/itunes then to the ways we chose the album to play??
how do you choose the playlists to be synced to your ipod??
the 10-20 cd issue..i create a playlist of great tracks i want to hear from 10-20 cds as some are crap etc so we make a playlist of what we want. then this playlist automatically gets synced everytime it gets new tracks added to it with the ipod that has this playlist. going by the browse option it is limited to just that artists, albums etc and not MY playlist that i made from it, what order i want etc.
you question playlists as if there should not be so many- as in 1400 is a lot...beside the point that i should not feel limited to how many playlists i have, 1400 is not that many to music collectors, i have over 25,000 songs in my itunes, i collect vinyl and record that also. so a playlist for each piece of vinyl. The point of the matter is limiting playlists creates nothing but problems, was it placed to itunes to be a solution to anything?? No
fine example-original soundtrack The devil wears prada it is missing 2 great songs from it KT turnstill and Madonna Jump. so i make a playlist with the original soundtrack and i add the missing songs. I should be able to choose that playlist and those2 extra songs are there. but the problem is i have so many corrected soundtracks, albums etc that i cant even get to my S section to load to my ipod automatically. when i then use the browse section to add the soundtrack it can be added but missing the 2 songs. hence frustration occurs. and this is the same for me using the example of adding the 4 new tracks to ipod. if it is in a playlist with my own compilations of songs they will not load using the itunes browse section that ppl keep referring to. so this is a "DRAMA"
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i wish i was to be wrong and that there was a way for me to be shown that you can load any compilation, and listen to it however you like but sadly it is not the case. See how frustrating and slow it is having to delete a playlist one by one just so i can get to the 1400 mark to load my music as i have it. so at least 1600 playlists @ 30sec-1min per playlist to delete (my playlists approx 3000) so about 14hrs non stop deleting to get the most out of my ipod/itunes...fun fun fun..NOT and there are better things i could have done today on my day off.

Why still a 1.5Mbps max for iPods?

Apple raised the maximum bitrate for H.264 content on iPods to 2.5Mbps a while ago. So why does the iPod setting in Compressor still max out at 1.5Mbps for 640x480 content? I would like to use Compressor due to frame controls, which are second to none as a deinterlacing algorithm. However, the actual compression quality of Apple's H.264 is sadly inferior to free alternatives. These free alternatives have middling deinterlacing options, though. I'd like to raise the bitrate to 2Mbps when formatting video for iPods to offset the quality difference, but I can't do that because Apple, even though they advertise the higher bitrates in their iPod/iPhone specs, will not allow it at all. it's endlessly frustrating for professional software like Compressor to be so dang static on options. I also have very, very limited control over the AAC bitrate and other functions. Attempting to format as a Quicktime H.264 or AppleTV H.264 results in a file that apparently does not conform to Apple's specifications. They will not play on iPods. If I could find some software with deinterlacing quality reasonably close to Compressor's, I would jump ship in a heartbeat.

Well, I stand corrected. I tried transcoding to DV to preserve quality and used the better deinterlacing in frame controls. It looked great...until high motion scenes. Then you literally get blocks of space that show visible interlacing. Literally random squares in an otherwise good looking scene.
There is utterly no excuse for this garbage, Apple. I thought I had found a middle ground by transcoding to DV with frame controls for minimal quality loss, then going to another program for the H.264 compression. You disappoint yet again. This is supposed to be professional grade software that costs a bundle. How in the BLAZES do bugs like this not only get through, but fail to be remedied after several patches??

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