HOW to Sync 1080p Videos??

tbubb1 wrote:

I've read H.264 and .mp4's work...but that just isn't true.

Yes this is true.

Here are the specs...

Video formats supported:

H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 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 per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

Well, for me it only worked when i rendered my video in 1080i (1440x1080) using 1,33 pixel aspect ratio. When i was render in 1080p (1920x1080) the itunes could not sync my video cause it could not be played in my Ipad.

Im using Windows with Sony Vegas and i have the New Ipad 4G. I hope it works.

Sorry by my English, its not my native speaker.

Nice. I did a mistake when i wrote 1080i or 1080p. This is the field mode like upper first, or in case of 1080p progressive. When i rendered it in Sony Vegas with 1440x1080 the video keep the profile of codec in level 3.1. When you render in 1920x1080 it upscale automatically to level 5.0. I think that this is the problem.

Sorry by my English, its not my native speaker.

You can safely render to 1080p (and you should! 1080i is a real PITA, particularly on the iPad 3 screen) if you, afterwards, change the level to 4.1 (or less). See http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/87/making-stock-videos-application-play-every-mp4 -files-possible for some apps that quickly do this.

BTW, isn't there a way in Sony Vegas to manually provide the H.264 level before rendering? Most non-entry-level converters / compressors let for this.

BTW2, you WILL want to let Sony know of this bug - after all, 5.0 for 1080p30 is absolutely not necessary. (Not even 4.2.))