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jabloomf1230 wrote on 8/2/2010, 5:25 PM
My wife has one of these little gems and here's what I've done to get decent playback of HD video on it:

1. 720p (1280 x 720), MPEG4, 30.00 fps (but if you are using Vegas, it doesn't have that option, so use 29.97), video bit rate 1200 kbps. You can go a bit higher, but the files get proportionally bigger.

3. Audio codec MPEG4 AAC-LC, stereo, bit depth 16, 48000 Hz sample rate. If you are not using Vegas and you need an audio bitrate, use 128000)

4. Wrapper: MOV (but MP4 will work also, if you use a different codec)

Lower resolutions and higher bitrates will also work, as will Motion JPEG.
Cliff Etzel wrote on 8/3/2010, 1:02 PM
I beg to ask the question: Why are you needing HD quality content for a device that has no ability of displaying the full image quality? Even for the iPad, that file size is almost too large - I prefer to render content for the iPad at 864x486. iPhone shouldn't be any more than 640x360 and it will reduce the file size and overhead on system resource for the phone as well.

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Coursedesign wrote on 8/3/2010, 3:03 PM
iPhone shouldn't be any more than 640x360

The iPhone 4 native resolution is 960x640, i.e. nearly 3x what you are proposing.

Higher definition than 640x360 also makes a difference in practice, look at YouTube for a quick check.

The IPad native resolution is 1024x768, but it works quite well to use 960x640 for it too, as the built-in upscaling is very good (the end result looks better than.on a desktop computer).

Much can be said and has been said about optimum settings for the iPad. If you need the very best quality, there is no substitute for checking the result on the actual device (ditto for future "slate" devices and tablets of various sizes and different screen characteristics).
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LongTallTexan wrote on 8/3/2010, 7:12 PM
Well understandable, but it has the ability to output to a high def monitor. I need this function to have access to my tv series for clients an advertisers. I loaded up at 720p and it looks outstanding on the iPhone as well as output to my LCD. Works for me. Thanks for all of the advice.

L.T.
jabloomf1230 wrote on 8/4/2010, 6:53 PM
Just out of curiosity, did you use the MPEG4 or MOV wrapper? The reason that I ask, is that after I posted my response, I was a bit worried about all the QT versions (MOV wrapper alternative) floating around out there and how badly they interact with Vegas.