Smart Playlist - iPod Compatible Video

Hello,
I have an AppleTV so most of my movies are encoded for that. Now I have an iPod Touch and I want to make a Smart Playlist that shows me all of the videos that are not compatible with the iPod Touch. Is there any way to do that?
Thanks!

Short of attempting to copy them to an iPod I'm not aware of a foolproof method for determing which will & which won't If you're prepared to do it manually then you might be able to compare the details on the "Get Info" Summary tab with the following spec.
Support for 480p and 576p component TV out
H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
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