[mythtv-users] Video iPod

[WiFi Fun]

For those who were interested in the iPod video and generating mythtv
content for it, please take a look at
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6467. I have created a
starting point that is working, but needs polish. It uses a User Jobs,
and creates an RSS feed that can be subscribed to in iTunes.


On 10/19/05, Matt <skd5aner at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/18/05, John P. Mitchell <john at cepros.com> wrote:
> > MythTV Users,
> >
> > > On 10/18/05, Joseph A. Caputo <jcaputo1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > >> On Monday 17 October 2005 19:02, Jeremy Palenchar wrote:
> > >> > Rather than spend a lot of time trying to hack a solution for this,
> > >> > why not
> > >> > just get Myth to act as a video podcasting station and let iTunes
> > >> > handle all
> > >> > of the formatting and transfer down to the iPod?
> > >>
> > >> Will iTunes do that??  I didn't think iTunes handled
> > >> transcoding/reencoding; the source material must be in the correct
> > >> format/resolution to begin with, mustn't it?
> > >>
> >
> >   I am not sure about iTunes, but I bet we could get it transcoded with
> > the normal tools.
> >
> > >> -JAC
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> > > You'd have to use quicktime.  That's apple's "Answer".
> >
> >   I am not so sure. Take a look at:
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/creatingvideo.html
> >
> > It does not say that QuickTime Pro is required. If you look at the bottom
> > of the page the video formats that the iPod supports are listed. I thought
> > we have the tools to put video into mp4 already.
> >
>
> That's not what I was saying... Apple's answer is that iTunes will not
> handle any video editing/transcoding functions and that if you wanted
> to use a video with the iPod and iTunes that you'd have to use an
> external program.  Apple's answer to that is Quicktime, but that
> doesn't mean it has to be the ONLY answer or OUR answer.
>
> Matt
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