[mythtv-users] Video iPod

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Tuesday 18 October 2005 16:43, John P. Mitchell wrote:
> MythTV Users,
> 
> > On 10/18/05, Joseph A. Caputo <jcaputo1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >> On Monday 17 October 2005 19:02, Jeremy Palenchar wrote:
> >> > Rather than spend a lot of time trying to hack a solution for 
> >> > this, 
> >> > why not
> >> > just get Myth to act as a video podcasting station and let iTunes
> >> > handle all
> >> > of the formatting and transfer down to the iPod?
> >>
> >> Will iTunes do that??  I didn't think iTunes handled
> >> transcoding/reencoding; the source material must be in the correct
> >> format/resolution to begin with, mustn't it?
> >>
> 
>    I am not sure about iTunes, but I bet we could get it transcoded 
>    with 
> the normal tools.
> 
> >> -JAC
> >
> > You'd have to use quicktime.  That's apple's "Answer".
> 
>    I am not so sure. Take a look at:
> 
> http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/creatingvideo.html
> 
> It does not say that QuickTime Pro is required. If you look at the 
> bottom 
> of the page the video formats that the iPod supports are listed. I 
> thought 
> we have the tools to put video into mp4 already.

But if you notice, the page you linked to is a tutorial designed for 
QuickTime 7 Pro.  It doesn't say whether the required features/encoders 
exist in the non-Pro version.

-JAC