720P setting for H264 questions

[falcho]

Greetings,
I have a HD copy of a movie from my HD DVR that i want to convert to 720p HD for the apple tv. So, I use the 720p profile in the latest appleTV convertor (2.15) and, I get a movie that looks great, plays in quicktime and itunes, but wont play on apple tv. I tried to sync it, hoping it would give me an error msg, which it did, saying that this file wasnt playable on appletv.
Upon much research, i realized that the 720p profile is set to do the same frames per sec that the source uses. However, apple states 720p max resolution is for 24fps. So i made a new profile, identical to the 720p one, except i changed the framerate to 24. Well, when it was done, it had did it at 29.97 anyways, despite my settings change, which i did save, and it still wont play on appletv. i also noticed that this 720p profile is the first that made mp4s over 2 gigs that played on itunes or quicktime. I always figured 2 gig was the cutoff point.
Anyways, any suggestions how to get the framerate to do what i want? Or, is it that files over 2 gig wont play on apple tv, or what?
Thanks for any help, my first post here. Hope to contribute.....
Falcho in Alaska

[jeux_1]

Hi, 2 gig limit is not an issue, I have files bigger than that play fine. can you make sure the bitrate is not too high ? a 6 mb bitrate won't work. have u tried like 23.97fps with a 3mb bitrate ?

[falcho]

Hey,
sure have, the problem is that the program doesnt seem to pay attention to its own settings. even though i specify the 23.97fps and have saved that setting in the profile, the movie still comes out at 29.97. Ive even made a custom profile that is identical to the 720p one, with the exception of the specified framerate, and it still ignores the setting in the profile and does what it wants.
Any other suggestions folks?
Thanks in advance
Falcho in Alaska

[Red Kawa]

If you want to manually set the framerate yourself, turn off the AutoFramerate feature.

[falcho]

Thank you kindly Red Kawa,
I missed that checkbox....dee dee deeee......
Im trying again...will post results...
thanks again
Falcho in Alaska

[falcho]

Well, it worked this time. Looks great too. Only, the sound goes out of sync about 3/4 through the film. On the old converter in the old days i remember you could add a comand line command having to do with async. But, I also did the conversion with the 2.15version. Ive dloaded this newest one 219 and try again, unless someone has any advice. Was this a known bug, or will i still have to tweak it?
To refresh, this is for the 720 hd setting....
Help oh help :)
Thanks in advance
Falcho in Alaska