Can a video iPod...?

j-rad306 · Post by **j-rad306** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:01 pm

Out of curiosity, can a video iPod play QuickTime movies? I just wanna know before I decide what size of video iPod I wanna buy (when and if I do).

Is this the right place to be asking this kind of question? I'm just really, really curious...

Shazzy · Post by **Shazzy** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:04 pm

iPod can play the following video formats:

H.264 video
File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
Video: Up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3
Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio

MPEG-4 video
File formats: .m4v, .mp4 and .mov
Video: Up to 2.5 Mbps, 480 x 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile
Audio: AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 KHz, stereo audio

.mov = QuickTime container

Warpwind · Post by **Warpwind** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:35 pm

there is a freeware converter (I can't remember the name right now) you can get that will convert pretty much any video I've thrown at it into a format suitable for ipod. I'll check my home computer and post the name up here later.

Gepetto · Post by **Gepetto** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:11 am

There's one at http://www.jodix.com that can convert anything quite simply, but you don't get a lot of options, just bitrate and resolution adjustments.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:41 am

Warpwind wrote:there is a freeware converter (I can't remember the name right now) you can get that will convert pretty much any video I've thrown at it into a format suitable for ipod. I'll check my home computer and post the name up here later.

Well, Avisynth, faac and x264 can work reasonably well; although, in that case, the terminology is wrong.

Digitalmaster3605 · Post by **Digitalmaster3605** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 1:37 pm

also, if you felt like it, you could load linux onto your ipod, and then it'll be able to play any video file you put on it, and any song file i believe, also, there's way more games, such as Doom for ipodlinux ^^

Digitalmaster3605 · Post by **Digitalmaster3605** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 1:38 pm

I forgot to mention, it doesn't void your warrenty either

Gepetto · Post by **Gepetto** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:53 pm

How do you install Linux on your iPod?

Digitalmaster3605 · Post by **Digitalmaster3605** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:10 pm

It's a special distro of linux http://ipodlinux.org/Main_Page

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:49 pm

Digitalmaster3605 wrote:also, if you felt like it, you could load linux onto your ipod, and then it'll be able to play any video file you put on it, and any song file i believe, also, there's way more games, such as Doom for ipodlinux ^^

Um, when did the iPod Linux guys get video working? Their project status page says that they don't even know if video iPods will work.