[mythtv-users] MythExport - iPod Touch / iPhone Settings

Jim Chisholm jim at electron.phys.dal.ca
Sun Apr 25 13:10:20 UTC 2010


Or just use AirVideo, there's a beta linux server that streams to and/or saves an iPod version of a video.
Off topic, but worth mentioning.
Jim

On 2010-04-25, at 5:00 AM, Nicolas Will wrote:

> On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 17:54 +1000, Christopher Kerr wrote:
>> Personally, I think the handbrake iPod Touch preset is wrong - it
>> should be 320 pixels high and lock the aspect ratio, not 480 pixels
>> wide. Why does this matter? Well, for movies which are presented in
>> 2.11:1, fixing the width leaves you with only 228 pixels of vertical
>> resolution, wasting about a third of the screen. Fixing the height at
>> 320 still allows you to view the content that way if you so desire
>> (except slightly horizontally cropped, because the iPod Touch can't
>> handle videos wider than 640 pixels), but also allows you to view it
>> "zoomed in" without any stretching. 
> 
> Well, this is an acceptable point of view.
> 
> On my side, I do not mind. I never zoom, so it doesn't bother me.
> 
> Nothing stops you from creating your own custom preset with what you
> want.
> 
> I have one preset giving me higher resolution than the built-in screen,
> as I regularly plug the iPhone into hotel room TVs.
> 
> Nico
> 
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