MPEG to MPEG-4 or H.264 Quicktime Pro issues

Today, as I sit anticipating my new ipod video's arrival I decided to take the time to convert some of my MPG files to H.264 and MPEG-4 with my new version of Quicktime Pro that is supposed to convert these for your iPod. Soon to find out when you convert them there is no way to get the audio converted. So now my new ipod video is useless to me and wish I didn't buy it because I can't play any of my videos on it. well... maybe I'll still keep it for the music... but if anyone can shed some light on this it would be a big help.

on a Mac use Handbrake and use MPEG-4 instead of h.264
you can customize the video resolution (320x240) and the audio
works great. i've already tested a couple and they work on the iPod fine....
http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/ipodblog/2005/10/videoipodlessons/index.php?lsrc= mwrss

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