Freezing when converting MPG to iPod Format

I open a MPG in QT Pro, and it plays it fine, but when I export it to the iPod format it seems to work fine, then it freezes at 8% every time.
At the moment I'm converting it to a MPEG4, which seems to be working fine, if I can't get the iPod format conversion working, will an iPod play a MPEG4?

Too bad it froze but if it had not you would have found that QT will not export sound from an mpeg-1 or mpeg-2 files anyway: QT Mpeg Limitations
Yes it will play mpeg4 format and that will export much faster than using the default H264 format.
You may want to take a look at this Apple iPod FAQ:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301461
You will need to convert the mpeg to another format so that you can have sound in it when you export. One workaround for mpeg-1 files is to use this Windows freeware to convert the mpeg-1 to uncompressed avi format. Just open the mpeg-1 in VDub and then go to the File menu and choose Save as Avi. The file will be converted to uncompressed avi sound and video, which QT has no problem reading. VirtualDub

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