Movie format

[Otichaw]

Hey everyone
Recently purchase an iTouch and I wnt to upload movie files that I have on my pc

However its in .avi format... and when I drag it onto iTunes nothing happens

What format should they be in?
Is there an easy way to convert avi to whatever the correct format is?

If I am doing something wrong let me know, I just assume its a format incompatability issue

thanks!

[ReyZero]

Video

http://images.apple.com/iphone/images/specs_video20081217.jpg

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

Copied from Apple website
For free programs, I believe people here have been recommending handebrake, but I don't have any first hand experience with the program. I use 123COPYDVDGOLD, but you can purchase the iPod only program for like $20 at Staples. You just put your file in, tell it how small or big you want the quality to be, and hit okay. It seems to be the best program at getting movies at the smallest size, roughly 250mb per hour (I have 39 movies on my iPhone)

[Otichaw]

thanks a lot ReyZero! ill look into those programs

[Shakespeare]

iPod video format is mp4. You can easily convert any video file to it, using special tools. I use mp4Mobile (http://www.videomobileconverter.com/mp4Mobile/), it does the job great and costs only 19$ :)

[shyp]

anyone else know of freeware that does the job of converting files to ipod friendly versions???

[Shakespeare]

The program I've mentioned above has a free trial, maybe it will be of a help to you :rolleyes: