Video Format - iPod vs. Apple TV

I'm not sure where to post this topic because it spans several categories. But here goes anyway.
I love the idea that we can download content from the ITS and play the same file on either the iPod or the Apple TV.
However, when I create my own video, such as through Quicktime or iMovie, I have to create two separate files, one for the iPod and one for the Apple TV.
Does anyone know how we can get around this? It's a tremendous waste of space and time.
Thank you very much.

You don't need to create two separate files. Just as you can play the files you download from itms on both your ipod and your tv, so you can play the ipod files you create yourself for the ipod on your tv.
Of course you need to be aware of the difference in quality between files for the ipod/tv and those created for the ipod only, but this difference applies to both files you have downloaded and files you have created yourself equally. If you are happy with the quality of the downloads over the tv, there should be no reason you shouldn't be happy with your own ipod conversions over the tv either.

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