[iTunes] iTunes to iPod

[Mark O'Brien]

 On Sunday, September 20, 2009, at 09:52AM, "Terry Pogue" <tpogue at comcast.net> wrote:
>I have a couple of ripped movies. They are now MP4 and imported into  
>my iTunes library. They won't go into my iPod for some reason. I just  
>bought an AV cable to watch movies I buy, from Apple store I presume,  
>on my TV. It's been great fun to play with and those work fine on the  
>iPod. They are all MP4 in my library so why can't I put the ones I  
>ripped on my iPod Classic, iTouch, or iPhone?  I might add I own the  
>movies but I wanted to be able to carry the movies to watch while I am  
>waiting in doctor's offices. I sure don't want to buy them again from  
>Apple. The movies aren't that good. <g>
>terry

According to <http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html>, video has to meet the following specs to play on the iPhone:

"Video formats supported: 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."

Yeah, hard to read and confusing. I use VisualHub, which has iPhone settings (and many others) so I don't have to know/remember all the above specs. Unfortunately, the developer (techspansion.com) has discontinued the product, but you may be able to find it or similar products online.

Mark