mp4 movies with h264 codec on iPhone

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mp4 movies with h264 codec on iPhone

I've been converting DVDs to mp4 format to take on my iPhone on vacation. I can get the mpeg-4 codec movies to download and play on the iPhone, but I can not get mp4 movies created with the h264 codec to download to the iPhone from iTunes. The message I get when syncing is "movie name" can not be copied to "my iphone" because it cannot be played on this iphone. Any ideas? has anyone gotten the h264 codec to work with iphone? I am using HandBrake to convert from DVD with the following options.

File format= MP4 file
Codecs=AVC/H.264 Video / AAC Audio
Framerate= 29.97
Encoder= x264 (h.264 iPod)
Output size= 320 x 176
Bit rate Average= 316(kbps)

Message was edited by: Midirose

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Posted on Sep 14, 2007 4:41 AM

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Answer 1

4n6doc

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Sep 14, 2007 4:55 AM in response to Midirose

Have you double checked your video conversion settings to make sure they comply with one of the iPhone's three supported video profiles?

These are:

H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

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Midirose Author

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Sep 14, 2007 9:14 AM in response to Midirose

Bump

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Answer 3

Sep 14, 2007 9:16 AM in response to Midirose

What program are you using?

I have never had a single problem using isquint as well as ffmpegx

If you encode the videos but don't format them for iPod properly they will import to iTunes but not sync to the iPod/iPhone

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sguerra

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Sep 14, 2007 9:19 AM in response to Midirose

Me too, but i'm using popcorn 2. And still no luck, still trying diffent things.

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Answer 5

Sep 14, 2007 9:21 AM in response to sguerra

try isquint... it couldn't be any easier you it does everything for you, all you need to choose is if you want h264, the quality, and whether or not to add to itunes automatically after conversion.. it does all the heavy lifting for you.

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