Video formats with the ipod

[cjhobbies00]

Will software upgrades(or mods even) possibly allow the ipod to play videos like .mpg or rm?

cause these apple approved formats sound like they really suck quality wise

 

[FunkDaddy]

hmmm... suck? I disagree. H.264 is one of the best codecs I've seen, small file sizes too. Just takes long to encode. Visit apple's Aperture site and watch those videos... only 80 or 90k/sec and look great. And mp4 is not too shabby either.

I don't know how upgradable the firmware is, but I heard it can be updated to support new codecs.

 

[ClayRock]

is there any software available to convert video files? i know Itunes told me Quiktime Pro will when I tried adding a .mov file that wasn't compatible.

thanks.

 

[xxirish83x]

Quicktime pro only converts the vids if you have a mac im told! I bought it and i cant do anything else with it

 

[ClayRock]

Quicktime pro only converts the vids if you have a mac im told! I bought it and i cant do anything else with it

thats unfortunate. i'd like to be able to convert all of my video files into MP4. anyone that could help me find some answers i'd really appreciate it.

 

[xxirish83x]

they did the samething that sony did with haveing their own format..... and i dont appreciate it because now i have to do all this work to figure out how to get it right... basterds