[mythtv-users] Calling all (video) iPod users...

Chris Petersen lists at forevermore.net
Mon Jul 17 16:24:41 UTC 2006


Andrew Herron wrote:
> google is your friend :)
> http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=ipod+encode+linux&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Been there, done that.

> http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Encode_Video_for_IPod looks good to me

I said h.264, not mpeg4.  nuvexport (which is used by myth2ipod, btw)
handles mpeg4 encoding just fine (well, with some minor timing-related
issues).

-Chris

> Andy
> 
> On 17/07/06, Chris Petersen <lists at forevermore.net> wrote:
>>
>> I've been fairly lax in developing support for iPod video in nuvexport.
>> I only added basic support when people bugged me loud enough (and
>> helped with some code) because I didn't have a video-capable iPod (or
>> one with a battery that would last more than 15 minutes).
>>
>> Anyway, I now have a new iPod that can actually play video, so I'm
>> curious about getting some real h.264 encoding set up (or just improving
>> the current mpeg4 stuff so that seeking works properly).  I've googled
>> and encoded and googled some more, but have had NO luck in getting a
>> file that plays properly.
>>
>> On top of that, I've had a friend capture the output from Handbrake in
>> osx (it calls ffmpeg on the commandline), and run the exact same code
>> through ffmpeg in linux, and was not able to play the resulting file.
>>
>> So, someone out there must be having SOME success, since I find it
>> unlikely that I'm the only person out there who owns an ipod and doesn't
>> run windows or osx.  If you have any suggestions, please let me know and
>> I'll make sure the goodness gets put into nuvexport so it will benefit
>> everyone.
>>
>> -Chris
>>
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