[mythtv-users] mythbackend -> iPod Touch

[John Baab]

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Wade Maxfield <mythtv at hotblack.co.nz> wrote:
> <SNIP>
>>>
>>
>> Not necessarily QuickTime, but most likely MPEG4/H264.   YouTube
>> silently detects you are using an iPhone OS device and sends the H264
>> version if it exists.  Some youtube videos won't play on iPhone/iPod
>> Touch, as not all are available in H264.
>>
>>  - Wade
>
> So is there a way to convert video recorded using the PVR-150 family
> into H264 or Quicktime already within Myth or do you have to use some
> external software?
>
> I asked my son and he said so far he hasn't run into any videos that
> don't play on my wife's Touch but I'm sure they are out there. No
> matter if it's only one or two, and in this application once I get one
> Myth recording to play then hopefully they will all play.
>

Most mpeg4 and h264 files should work.  The specs are located here:
http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html