New iMac and Video iPod from Apple

[Shane Ross]

And people are already asking “How do I encode something and put it on the ipod?”

Sheesh…HOURS after it is announced.

[Dave Fisher]

Heck, I ask “Where is the dual core dual Power Mac?”

[Shane Sokolosky]

Interesting though the new iMAC does have a PCI Express bus for that Radeon X600 card, hopefully the dual cores are just arond the corner with PCI Express just like the iMAC.

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[Samuel Frazier]

I second that hope. PCI-e is long overdue and would be a huge addition for PowerMacs. I really hope they come soon as my Mini just isn’t cutting it.
As a random vent of anger, who wants to watch movies on an ipod? If you want portability, buy a portable DVD player. Call me crazy, but I’d rather watch a movie on a decent TV or maybe even go the novel route of going to a theater. Sorry. Random vent of anger over

[Mike Cohen]

a few years ago when the palm and pocket pc units touted video playback, we had the same conversation. for less $$ you can buy a portable dvd player.
but i bet they will sell lots of them.
will go to apple store in san fran next week and check out all their latest toys.

[Steve Courtney]

Indeed, but they claim they’re going to offer last night’s ABC television shows as “Podcasts” for $1.99. And music videos direct from iTunes for .99 cents. That sort of content might be of interest to the masses. I mean, I’d probably pay $1.99 to download a few of the better HBO series the morning after they broadcast, since I don’t have HBO*. Perhaps that’s what the future holds.

(*For now, though, I wait for these shows to come out on DVD. So a portable DVD player is the realistic answer if I’m dying to watch ‘Deadwood’ on the commuter train.)

Steve

[Walter Biscardi]

[Shane Sokolosky] “Interesting though the new iMAC does have a PCI Express bus for that Radeon X600 card, hopefully the dual cores are just arond the corner with PCI Express just like the iMAC.”

Speculation a few months ago was that dual core will wait until the Intel machines start shipping. As Apple has already announced those machines will be shipping in 2006, I would expect to at least see a working machine at NAB 2006 in April.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Walter Biscardi]

[Shane Ross] “And people are already asking “How do I encode something and put it on the ipod?”
Sheesh…HOURS after it is announced.”

Encode at H.264 as listed in the footnotes in the iPod Video spec sheet:

Video capacity is based on 4 minutes per H.264 750-Kbps video combined with 128-Kbps audio.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Shane Ross]

Yeah…mere hours (2 I think) after I posted that I found this:

H.264 video: up to 768 Kbps,
320 x 240,
30 frames per sec.,
Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats
MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 mbps,
480 x 480,
30 frames per sec.,
Simple Profile with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats

But test it. WHich requires getting the new iPod. “Darn it Honey, I need to get a NEW iPod now. Man!”

[Steve Connor]

New version of quicktime gives you an iPod Video option in Quicktime Export!

Steve Connor
Cardinal HD

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