Video output settings/codec for playability on iPod

Hello. I have scanned all the relevant threads on this, and just seem to be having a difficult time getting my video podcast to play/be accepted on an iPod.
I have QT Pro, Final Cut Studio, MPEG Streamclip, Visual Hub... and have tried various output settings (although I have not been able to replicate an output setting displaying the "baseline" option). Nothing works and I have tried 14 or so attempts.
My only test iPod is the latest video iPod... Are there older compatability issues? Just trying to get this done and it is quite frustrating!!! Any advice would be appreciated...
Alex

Hmmm, I'm concerned that the "Export Movie to iPod" setting didn't work for you. It should have. By the way, there is no need to export out of FCP as 640x480 (unless you're timeline is natively that size). When you export out of QuickTime, it will resize your final movie to 320x240 anyway.
Personally, I don't use QuickTime Pro for my encoding. It's always worked for me, but doesn't give me enough control. The export to iPod option takes a really long time and the quality is fixed as really high (meaning larger than necessary...)
I use ffmpegX. You can create your own preset baseed on the "iPod h.264" option. Just resize it and choose your preferred options. I reduce the quality (video bitrate) to 500kbps and choose 2-pass encoding. It gives you great image quality at a managable file size for download.
It can seem a little bit geeky, but once you save your preset you never need to delve into its guts again.
Jon
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