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fairytale
03-08-2007, 06:05 PM
My H.264 files generated by videora 2.06 are not syncing to my ipod (G5) either.
Auto Resize ("max 320x240") is enabled but does not appear to work, as the output file has the same resolution as the original. Could this be the problem?

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PlayTime=00:00:04.960

Width=352

Height=288

AspectRatio=1.335

FrameRate=25.000
MediaInfo Command line, MediaInfoLib - v0.7.4.5
MSG - Converter - Version: 2.06
MSG - Converter - Profile: MPEG4 VGA 512kbps Stereo/96kbps
MSG - MediaInfo - Length: 4s
MSG - MediaInfo - Width: 352 pixels
MSG - MediaInfo - Height: 288 pixels
MSG - MediaInfo - Aspect Ratio: 1335
MSG - MediaInfo - Framerate: 25000 fps
MSG - Converter - Automatically Resizing Resolution
MSG - Converter - Automatically Generating Framerate
EXEC: C:\Programme\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\FFmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -y -i "C:\03 - Palmy Best Hits.mpg" -f mp4 -title "03 - Palmy Best Hits" -timestamp "2007-03-08 11:44:34" -vcodec xvid -b 512k -flags +aic+mv4+trell -mbd 2 -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -g 250 -maxrate 2.5M -bufsize 2.5M -acodec aac -ac 2 -ab 96 "C:\03 - Palmy Best Hits.mp4"

FFmpeg version SVN-r8047, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-swscaler --enable-pthreads --enable-liba52 --enable-avisynth --enable-libdts --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-x264 --enable-xvid --enable-amr_nb --enable-amr_wb --cpu=i686 --enable-memalign-hack --extra-ldflags=-static
libavutil version: 49.3.0
libavcodec version: 51.34.0
libavformat version: 51.10.0
built on Feb 21 2007 23:20:24, gcc: 4.3.0 20070126 (experimental)
Input #0, mpeg, from 'C:\03 - Palmy Best Hits.mpg':
Duration: 00:03:08.0, start: 0.346711, bitrate: 1423 kb/s
Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg1video, yuv420p, 352x288, 1150 kb/s, 25.00 fps(r)
Stream #0.1[0x1c0]: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s
Output #0, mp4, to 'C:\03 - Palmy Best Hits.mp4':
Stream #0.0: Video: xvid (hq), yuv420p, 352x288, q=2-31, 512 kb/s, 25.00 fps(c)
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, 96 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame= 17 q=2.0 size= 5kB time=0.4 bitrate= 109.3kbits/s
frame= 21 q=3.0 size= 7kB time=0.6 bitrate= 104.3kbits/s
Midiman
03-08-2007, 06:35 PM
Your video seems to be encoding at the same resolution as the source file, ie: 352x288. I don't really understand why there are two resolutions in each profile's settings (resolution and auto resize) but I find that I have the best results by simply changing the resolution size to what I want and leaving the autoresize function off.

This, of course, has nothing to do with why the file may not be syncing to your iPod. I've had no trouble in that area with any of the versions I've used.
MrZebra
03-08-2007, 09:26 PM
My H.264 files generated by videora 2.06 are not syncing to my ipod (G5) either.
Auto Resize ("max 320x240") is enabled but does not appear to work, as the output file has the same resolution as the original. Could this be the problem?

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-vcodec xvid


Video Codec XVod??? Does the iPod support that? Not that I know of. I could be wrong though...
Midiman
03-09-2007, 12:36 AM
The iPod doesn't... but Videora encodes my xvid encoded files to mp4 just fine.
Red Kawa
03-09-2007, 09:27 AM
The Xvid codec is simply an implementation of the MPEG-4 Part 2 spec.
MPEG-4 Simple Profile is apart of the MPEG-4 Part 2 spec.
iPod plays MPEG-4 Simple Profile videos.

The fact that it encodes the video to "xvid" is normal behaviour.

Please don't over generalize the above statements to think we are saying the iPod supports "Xvid" video found commonly on the internet. These "Xvid" videos use the avi container and thier video stream is encoded using the MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile (which is also apart of the MPEG-4 Part 2 spec).

The iPod cannot play avi files. The iPod cannot play MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile videos.
fairytale
03-09-2007, 05:13 PM
Today I downloaded videora 2.07 and converted my mpg's a standard H.264 768 kbit QVGA 2-pass setting. The transfer still does not work with itunes.

Then I decided to give Anapod explorer a try, which I am running on my computer at work. All of my created files (itunes would not sync to my ipod) transferred (and played) without a problem.

I am getting fed up with itunes (there are some other additional issues now, too..) and I have decided to get rid of it altogether.
Midiman
03-11-2007, 10:40 PM
Um... yeah. Great. I tried that Anapod thing... now half my music is showing up in my Movies library on the iPod and NO video will play. I think I gotta scrub it and start from scratch. Gets even better... all my album artwork is missing... I have double and triple playlist entries. NICE software!
Sketch
03-12-2007, 03:56 AM
Yeah, anapod likes a clean slate, and you will lose any album artwork if you start up iTunes again and perform soundchecking or gapless playback. It had its uses for a while, but its handling of video files has a ways to go.
Midiman
03-12-2007, 04:27 AM
Wouldn't have been so bloody bad if I didn't manually update the iPod from 6 different computers across the house! This has been fun! I've been rebuilding for 5 hours now.