Rendering for iPod Video?

Ptero wrote on 1/5/2006, 9:25 PM
I'm trying to get a short video to render in a form that will play on a 5th-gen iPod (the 30Gb model). I've tried MP4 using various templates but although I can get the result into iTunes and play it, it throws the usual "iPod can't handle this format" message when I try to USB it into an iPod. I'm going by format details given at the bottom of this page:

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/creatingvideo.html

I'm using VMS+D6Platinum. None of the templates match these specs exactly but I thought one would be close enough. I've tried the default, a couple of the QVGA templates and one or two of the others. No luck so far.

Has anyone here tried this?

Comments

IanG wrote on 1/6/2006, 3:00 AM
Is the error happening before the file's even been transferred? It might be something as simple as having the wrong file extension.

Ian G.
Ptero wrote on 1/6/2006, 7:19 AM
The message I'm seeing is just like the on shown on this page. According to that page, iPods are very picky about the file format. The file I'm trying to load is rendered with VMS using the MPEG-4 format and has a .mp4 extension - iTunes handles it OK, shows a symbol next to the file in the library indicating that it knows it's a video, but the iPod itself is objecting to the format.

BTW, I also tried, on the Render As dialog, clicking the "Custom" button, which I thought was supposed to pop up a dialog where I could customize settings - but although the button is clickable, nothing happens.
Ptero wrote on 1/6/2006, 10:54 AM
I may have found a solution - there are a number of programs available specifically for converting video files to iPod-compatible format. I just downloaded a free (more accurately, donationware) program called Videora iPod Converter and converted a couple of short videos. I can't try loading onto the iPod yet (I left the cable at home) but so far it looks promising).
Ptero wrote on 1/14/2006, 7:00 PM
Update: I just had a reply from Sony support to the effect that VMS doesn't render for iPod. No indication of whether such support will ever be added.
ChristerTX wrote on 1/17/2006, 11:53 AM
I would suggest that you render to AVI in vegas and buy Quicktime 7 pro and convert to Ipod compatible format.


Christer
Ptero wrote on 1/18/2006, 6:32 AM
Naaa. If I was doing this for a whole herd of videos I'd consider it but for the handful I need doing it's not worth paying money for. Videora is free and does all I need it to.
Will90405 wrote on 12/27/2006, 5:10 PM
I understand only the Mac version will convert to .mp4.
Will90405 wrote on 12/27/2006, 5:11 PM
I bought VMS because of the conversion for iPod. Thanks for telling me I wasted my money so I can stop whining.