Movies for ipod

I have a movie in itunes on my imac i wanted to put on my ipod touch. I encoded the movie for apple tv originally. I tries to just sync the movie to my ipod touch but itunes told me it could not be played on the touch. I am converting the movie over for ipod using itunes but it seems to take for ever. Is this normal and should i have had to convert the movie for ipod in the first place?

appletv support 1280 by 720 pixels at 24 fps
ipod tough is 640-by-480
if you convert to ipod in the first place it will not look very good on your appletv

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Because of the multiple problems:
Apple will exchange your iPod for a refurbished one for $199 for 64 GB 4G and $99 for the other 4Gs. They do not fix yours.
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So, I have an .MPG file that i want to work on an ipod... but when i do the whole Advanced > Convert Selection for iPod thing which turns it in to an .MP4 file... the sound of the movie goes away.
Is there a way to fix it so it doesnt... or is there another MPG > MP4 editor out there?

If you need help first you'll need to explain a few more things. What version of QuickTime do you have installed? QuickTime 7.0.3 (which adds export to iPod feature) or QuickTime 7.0.4?
I've heard some people had problems with upgrading to QuickTime 7.0.4 - namely they lose their Pro functionality. Also what version of Mac OS X are you running is it Panther (10.3.9) or 10.4 Tiger? How old is your Mac? Is it one of the Intel based Macs released at MacWorld '06 or an older PowerPC based one?
Also what version of iTunes are you running? (This is important) iTunes 6 and higher requires QT 7.0.3 for best video playback. Videos I convert to iPod format using QT's export movie to iPod feature end up in .m4v format (the format of videos sold in iTunes) but mine are unencrypted - no FairPlay DRM.
I am converting my own videos to the iPod's format. .mp4 is another format the iPod can use. If you have ffmpegX (Google it) can convert video to iPod video or iPod TV format.
My videos exported to iPod format in QT 7.0.3 were originally in .AVI format.
Export to iPod (320X240) format = .m4v (MPEG 4 Video)
They work just fine and I have a Mac PowerBook G4 from winter 2003 with OS X Panther (10.3.9) + QuickTime 7.0.3 + iTunes 6.0.2

Converting Movies for iPod: No Sound

Whenever I convert a movie for my iPod, there is no sound in the converted file. The original movie has sound, but it is in a form that you can't put on iPod.
By the way, I am using the Convert Selection for iPod/iPhone under the Advanced menu.
Any ideas??
Brad

Try using MPEG Streamclip to convert the videos; more information on this issue is available in this article.
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From a DV tape, I used iMovie HD6 to develop a movie for my grandson. One output would be a file for his iPod. In doing this from HD6, the result was 320x240 and not 640x360 as with iMovie 08 and 09. Any thoughts on how to make a iPod compatible movie that is 640x360?

Best way to do this is to use "Expert Settings" in the "Share" menu, then change the size accordingly, this could have an adverse effect depending on the aspect ratio of the original video

Converted movie for ipod but no sound!!!

I’ve finally converted all my music videos to apples “.mov” format since they work great in itunes. However for some reason several videos will not transfer to the ipod as itunes says they will not play. The videos that seem to be working were converted to m4p before converted to .mov. I had no idea an apple file (.mov) wouldn’t work on an apple device (ipod), whatever. So I used the “Convert Selection for iPod” for a movie that wouldn’t work. After a freaking long time, 15-20min for a 4min video, it converted it but of course, there’s NO SOUND. Try and figure that one out. BTW, has anyone ever had their question answered on these forums?

Classichris,
The article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302758 may be helpful.
Specifically the link to http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302588
Hope this helps,
Generik
PowerMac G4/Dell Precision WS 370, XP Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Convert Movie for iPod-sound disappeared

I tried to convert a video for iPod by using "Advanced/Convert Selection to iPod". After it's converted, the sound is gone. Any idea why? Also, the video quality is bad when I view it in iPod, anyway I can adjust it? Thanks!!

If the videos are multiplexed MPEG files then the audio and the video are muxed onto the same track. QuickTime, and therefore any application that uses QT like iTunes, the iPod, iMovie (Mac app), etc. expect two separate tracks, one video and one audio. So when you play these muxed files, the video is played and the audio is not heard.
iPod plays video but not audio of some exported files
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302588
So you need to do a conversion on the file first. MPEG Streamclip is a popular one that comes in both Mac and Windows versions and is known to "repair" this problem.
See this other link for other applications that might be able to do the same thing. But your root cause is the muxed MPEG files.
GUIDES TO: Converting Video for iPod - Mac & Window
http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=123067
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Help! I am so confused - I've had a mini for a few years now and have been bought a video for xmas and I am trying to work out if it is possible to download movies on to the new ipod (30gb). ITunes won't let me - only if a US member - is there anywhere else i can get movies from for this ipod or am i destined to a life with just music???
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I'm not entirely certain, but I think the idea was that even if you couldn't download movies from iTunes, you could still 'back up' (wink wink) your DVDs and such onto the iPod.
And if an Australian user can download music videos, an English one probably can too. That is what the video feature was mainly meant for anyways.
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Converting a movie for iPod is EXTREMELY slow

Hi,
I am trying to convert a movie that I have in iTunes to use on an iPod touch. I used Advanced --> Create iPod or Iphone Version. However, it is EXTREMELY slow. The movie is 95 minutes and under 2GB in size. After 2+ hours of converting it's still only at roughly 30% converted. Should it really take almost 8 hours to convert one 95 minute movie? Am I doing something wrong?
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Thank you Chris. The movie is not from iTunes. I ripped a DVD using Handbrake to a .mv4 file. I have ripped other DVDs to this format and they transfer to my iPod just fine, so I'm not sure what the problem is... I cannot open the file in iMovie, although it recognizes and allows me to open other .mv4 movies. The other odd thing is that this movie in particular transfers to my Apple TV just fine. Is there simply a problem with the file perhaps? A problem with iTunes?
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Chapters lost when converting movies for ipod

I have some video with chapters that when I convert them to ipod version the chapters are gone. Any reason for this?

I can't think of a reason this would happen, but I here is how to put the chapter marks back in (granted it takes a little work).

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How can you put a DVD movie on the new IPOD?

Actually, what you want to do is illegal in the US (and probably Canada too) since it requires breaking the copyright protection on DVDs. As such, even discussion of methods is prohibited by the [terms of use of this site|http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa]
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To add to what Axorr said, this first link will walk you step-by-step how to convert a DVD using Videora iPod Convertor and DVD Decrypter:
To get started: Videora iPod Convertor Guide
If you have questions: Videora iPod Convertor Frequently Asked Questions
If you have more questions, post them here: Videora iPod Convertor Forum
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Converting movies for iPod

Here is the source of my problem: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1946609&tstart=0
My problem with iTunes is that I cannot get any DVD ripped to make an mp4 that works on my iPod. I use to be able to use Handbrake to convert some of my DVDs to watch in the car or while I was not at home. But now I cannot seem to add any movie made from Handbrake onto my iPod and inorder to do so I have to convert selection to iPhone/iPod. I would rather not do this because it takes such a long time to run. I guess this is a bit more of a developer question, but how come iTunes takes such a long time to convert a movie? I ran a test on this once and found iTunes took 20 minutes or more than VisualHub to convert a 5 minute movie.

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I have a number of movies which are .mov files how can I prepare them to put on my touch library??
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as stated in the ipod touch specifications, the ipod touch supports .mov files, so all you have to to is put them into your itunes library on your computer (file -> add file to library),
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I've got a ton, and I mean a ton of QuickTime movie files of music videos that I want to convert to use on the iPod. I tried using "Convert Selection For iPod" in the Advanced Menu on iTunes, but got the following message trying convert a QuickTime file of U2's Beautiful Day:
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I purchased QuickTime Pro hoping that the features on Pro would convert the file. When I opened the same file to convert using QuickTime Pro, "Export" under the file menu was grayed out so I couldn't select it.
You'd think that an APPLE QuickTime Movie file that can be played on APPLE'S iTunes and APPLE'S QuickTime Player would be able to be converted to be used in APPLE'S iPod player. (Anybody notice how APPLE is capitalized to point out that the the hardware, software and file formats are ALL Apple?)
Instead I wasted money buying QuickTime Pro when it won't do what I specifically bought it for. Now I have all these QuickTime files which won't play on the iPod.
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