IPod Compatible Video

Hey, I have noticed that video content which I purchase off of the iTunes store (featured films) are downloaded in a resolution higher than that of the standard 640x480 resolution required for iPod compatibility.
I want to have the full resolution of my home movies when I put them on iTunes for my Apple TV, but I don't want to have to make a second iPod compatible version as well.
Is there any way to make one video which will have full resolution but can be transfered to an iPod like the content purchased from the iTunes Store?

Well it is like an MP3 or an AAC audio file. The higher the bit rate, the better the quality. But also the larger the file.
Don't forget resolution is a total number of pixels and then simply arranged in different ways. So 640x480 is 307,200 total pixels (4:3). But let's say you take one of the 2.5:1 super wide screen videos and convert it so 752x320. Well total pixels are 240,640 so while wide screen, the total number of pixels is actually LESS than the 640x480 version. So for the same quality, you would have a lower bit rate. Likewise, you could take a standard 16:9 widescreen and make the height not quite 480, say 400 pixels, so your 16:9 widescreen is 711x400 and your total pixels is again LESS at 284k. So you can get widescreen formats on the iPod that have a lower bit rate than normal 4:3 ration videos.
Bit rate is also effected by the quality at which you encode the material and the number of frames per second. You can lower the number of frames per second, to lower the bit rate, but you also lower the quality.
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