Why won't MP4 video transfer to my iPhone anymore?

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Why won't MP4 video transfer to my iPhone anymore?

Hi Everybody,
Got my iPhone 3G 8GB in Jan 10 which has Firmware 3.1.2, i transfered various movies/video to MP4 format using 'Any Video Converter' program with great results and have dragged them to iTunes and then transfered to my iPhone with no problems THEN.......
on Wed i upgraded to firmware version 3.1.3 and everything seemed to be working fine BUT then when i tried to add an MP4 movie from my iTunes libruary to my iPhone it states 'movie file not added to iPhone' not correct format. I have down graded back to Firmware version 3.1.2 baseband 05.12.01 but get the same result when trying to add video from iTunes, i've converted some different movies to MP4 and added them to iTunes but they still won't transfer to my iPhone.
HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm now pulling my hair out.

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iPhone 3G 8GB, iPhone OS 3.1.2

Posted on Mar 6, 2010 9:26 AM

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Mar 6, 2010 12:32 PM in response to nobbyal

Once the video is in iTunes, there is a menu choice to convert to iPhone-compatible format. This should always work. Third-party converters may sometimes work, but (as you found) may stop working when the firmware changes.

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Mar 6, 2010 12:55 PM in response to nobbyal

As Gerald indicated to you, convert your files format once in iTunes and that will take care of you. The firmware downgrade does nothing because 3.1.3 firmware still works for my conversions. Also, when converting video for the iPhone 3G, use format *.mp4 with codec H.264 for best results. Even with that format, conversion within iTunes may still be required.

zoz

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Mar 6, 2010 1:11 PM in response to Gerald Edgar

Cheers Gerald i'll give that a go, fingers crossed.

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Mar 6, 2010 1:18 PM in response to Randy Pozzi

Randy, *mp4 with codec H.264 is the format i converted my movies into before inporting them to iTunes anyway, i'll try and use the converter inside iTunes on the already converted movies and see how it goes.
Thanks

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Mar 8, 2010 11:53 AM in response to nobbyal

You also have to be careful of the physical dimensions if you do your own conversion - anything larger that 640 pixels by 480 pixels won't transfer, but is fine in iTunes.

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