putting videos on ipod
Is anyone else having problems with putting video on to their iPod Video?? I have read numerous times to use MacTheRipper to rip DVD's onto my HD and the use HandBrake to convert them to MPEG4. Once that time consuming process is done, I will try to load them onto my iPod Video and it won't allow those files??!?!?! the iPod is supposed accept .mov and MPEG4 files, am I wrong? I have tried this system more than once any any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
-Matt
P.S. Would it be worth my time just to get Quicktime Pro? I have heard it isn't that much better that what I am doing already.
-Matt
P.S. Would it be worth my time just to get Quicktime Pro? I have heard it isn't that much better that what I am doing already.
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Originally posted by OD1010
Is anyone else having problems with putting video on to their iPod Video?? I have read numerous times to use MacTheRipper to rip DVD's onto my HD and the use HandBrake to convert them to MPEG4. Once that time consuming process is done, I will try to load them onto my iPod Video and it won't allow those files??!?!?! the iPod is supposed accept .mov and MPEG4 files, am I wrong? I have tried this system more than once any any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
-Matt
P.S. Would it be worth my time just to get Quicktime Pro? I have heard it isn't that much better that what I am doing already.
are you using the correct bitrate and picture size?
also, you don't need to use MacTheRipper...you can just go straight through Handbrake with a 768 bitrate and the 320x(whatever it is) picture size
so it obviously didn't work, and I"m doing it over, but when I did it the first time It was going at about 28fps, so basically real time, now that i've changed those settings, its only going at 9fps,
should it be the other way around? I feel like I bumped the quality down, so it should be going faster...
so its going to take about 4 and a half hours to convert, is that normal for a 1.33ghz ibook g4?
thanks
it seems like all the videos in my library are m4v, but he handbrake videos are mp4, does that make a difference?
Originally posted by Frugle
ugh, I've ripped a video 3 times useing handbrake and everytime it hasn't worked.. could someone please list the exact settings it has to be on?
What picture settings do you use? For the iPod, it has to be 320x240. This post and subsequent comments at Mac OSX Hints might help a little.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...6640&lsrc=osxh
http://howto.diveintomark.org/ipod-dvd-ripping-guide/
Originally posted by Frugle
ugh, I've ripped a video 3 times useing handbrake and everytime it hasn't worked.. could someone please list the exact settings it has to be on?
it seems like all the videos in my library are m4v, but he handbrake videos are mp4, does that make a difference?
make sure you're using the baseline h264 compression in the latest version of handbrake.
however you cannot click and drag, or hit import. you have to right click on the .mp4 file, click open with, and then click itunes and it works that way.
hope this helps someone.
Originally posted by kwsanders
I believe you are correct, Slotracer152.
in theory, it should work, but whenever I tried it would not. the only way I found it works is if I click open with itunes.
http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/
Works very well, and converts to MP4 or H.264. Plus it's free.
For ripping from DVD, I use DVD Decrypter.
Originally posted by kotatsu
I've been using Videora -
Works very well, and converts to MP4 or H.264. Plus it's free.
It is also a Windows tool, not Mac, which is the kind of machine that the original poster has.