How to put / convert videos onto my Ipod classic

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How to put / convert videos onto my Ipod classic

I´m a newbie and so I dont know, if this question even came up. So I tried sevweral things to convert my videos (made by myself with my camcorder, mpeg format in PAL)and it works on the on the computer with Quicktime but it always has the same message for in itunes: cant copy format, casue my ipod cant play this format. Tried to convert it with itunes as well, no luck.

I had an Ipod touch for a short time, there it works, so what is the problem with the classic or what am I doing wrong????? I have all this memory now and cant use it :-((((
THX for all the help! Peggy

Classic, Windows XP

Posted on May 9, 2008 12:06 PM

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Chaomath

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May 9, 2008 2:18 PM in response to peggywew

The iPod uses MPEG-4 encoding, so it's likely that the files aren't in the right flavor of mpeg. Have you looked to see what type of mpeg the videos are?

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peggywew Author

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May 9, 2008 4:16 PM in response to Chaomath

Well, it is MPEG 1 (or I could switch to MPEG2). Ok, the thing is, that I convert with itunes but it still doesn´t work, it still says cant copy (..)
But with the touch, that is my problem, it worked the way I did it and it´s still MPEG1! Shouldn´t it work with any Ipod model, I mean MPEG4 is MPEG4 right?!
Would it make a difference if I would record (my own videos) in avi format???

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May 10, 2008 1:04 AM in response to peggywew

Unfortunately, having an MP4 codec doesn't do much for you. iPods of all varieties also require you to have a MPEG4 or h264 video stream in that file. If your video stream isn't compliant, the chances that anything will work are very very low. You may want to take a look at FFMPEG at http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/. It's a command line applications that can transcode almost anything into just about anything else. If you take a look at their FAQ, they have some very good advice on commands to use to transcode to the iPod.

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May 15, 2008 2:54 AM in response to peggywew

try using videora

http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/

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PT

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May 15, 2008 6:32 AM in response to peggywew

GUIDES TO: Converting Video for iPod - Mac & Window
http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=123067
The Complete Guide to Converting Video to iPod Format (Mac)
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/the-complete-guide-to-convert ing-video-to-ipod-format-mac/
See other tutorial articles over at iLounge...
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/tutorials/
Patrick

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