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video for podcast
Hi Cows.
I have tried posting this in the “iPod” forum but to no avail. I thought that I would try it here.
I am trying to created a small video that will play on the new iPod nano 3rd. Gen. When I export it from Flash (haven’t tried AE yet) as a quicktime and try and match the setting for either H.264 or MPEG-4 iTunes always tells me that it is not in the correct format and won’t let me put it onto the pod.
I tried using the specs from Apple.com (H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats)
but it just doesn’t seem to work. Sorry for posting here but I think the readers of this forum have the expertise. I have searched posts but doesn’t seem to be a popular topic.
Love to know if there’s a trick or secret to making it work.
Thank You.
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5 Replies
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Have you tried taking the Quicktime movie in QT Player, then exporting as “movie to iPod” using the default setting? That plays on my iPod touch.
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Apple’s specs aren’t all that realistic I’ve found.
But that aside, there are things other than exporting with the right codecs that are required. I had to go through tech docs to find them, and not all programs can fulfill those needs.
The easiest (But not flexible) way to do this is to render out uncompressed (or with lossless compression – it’s big, but only a temporary file) and then use Quicktime Pro to export it as Steve mentions (I think only Pro can do this), or to have iTunes convert it for you.
So render with Animation compression, or some other lossless format, or even PhotoJpeg at 75% if you don’t have the harddrive space, and then have QT or iTunes do the conversion for you.
Or do the same thing, but use a compression program like Sorenson Squeeze using their iPod settings.
Otherwise you run the risk of creating a file that falls outside spec.
Just going to do a shameless plug – I cover all of this on my Creative Cow Master Series DVD “Internet Killed the Video Star: A guide to Creating Video for the web” which you can find by clicking on the link in my signature below.
Aharon Rabinowitz
Email: arabinowitz (AT) yahoo (DOT) com
All Bets Are Off Productions, Inc.
Creative Cow After Effect Podcast
Internet Killed the Video Star: A Guide to Creating Video for the Web -
BTW – any program that offers a special iPod export setting will probably do the trick, because they’ve taklen all of the settings into acount. But if you try and do it on you’re own (that is export from a program using the specs alone) it may not work.
Aharon Rabinowitz
Email: arabinowitz (AT) yahoo (DOT) com
All Bets Are Off Productions, Inc.
Creative Cow After Effect Podcast
Internet Killed the Video Star: A Guide to Creating Video for the Web -
First of all a big thanks to you both Aharon & Steve,
I have been following both of your tutorials for a couple years now. Also, I have purchased some of the master series videos for Zaxwerks. I hated to miss your Maxon Cinema 4D tour Aharon and am seriously considering the move from 3DSMax but hate to learn another app.
Anyway, I wasn’t aware that I could export from the Quicktime player but now I know, nice. I found an app online called MPEG stream and it seems to work too. For some reason I’ve resisted buying Quicktime pro… don’t know why as I spend much more on other programs.
I’m always amazed by the timely and thoughtful responses here.
Kudos to you both.
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Ok, I feel dumb. I spend my time going between Mac and PC and low and behold I do have the Quicktime Pro on my Mac. They must have included it when I bought my Mac.
Happy New Year to all.
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