Ipod video cant play movies?!

video_freak23 · 11-30-2005, 09:42 PM

When i bought the ipod video, i thought i would be able to put all my movies and music videos i downloaded onto it, so i got quicktime pro and open the file(movie) then click file export...now when this happens, i get the movie to go on the ipod but there is no sound also sometimes, there isnt even a sound or anything on the screen but pure white(nothing there). What is going on and what am i doing wrong?

macdude425 · 11-30-2005, 09:48 PM

If they're not in the proper file format, or you exported them wrong, it may not work. Did you get these from the iTunes store?

video_freak23 · 11-30-2005, 09:52 PM

No i downloaded these from Limewire, they work fine on the computer, they are all in MPEG1 Muxed and they play in windows media, so then i change it to quicktime(the file) then go to file open file get the movie clip then when the movie clip is playing i go to file export then when its done(takes very long) i click and drag from where it saved and put it into ITunes which then loads it onto the ipod video, but then its either that it has the movie playing but no sound or other way around, sometime when i convert the movie from windows media to quicktime then even there the movie wont play anything(sound or image).

The General · 12-01-2005, 02:24 AM

ipod video = only plays h.264 and mpeg-4

get ffmpegx or something and covert all your movies to mpeg-4 and they'll work just fine.

hopefully the new firmware will enable all sorts of other video formats, but right now only h.264 and mpeg4 work

FeLiX · 12-03-2005, 02:22 PM

Please define what "h.264" means please
thankyou

macdude425 · 12-03-2005, 02:33 PM

In short, H.264 is a video standard supported by Quicktime and the iPod Video.

The General · 12-04-2005, 09:25 PM

i prefer h.264 for larger resolution videos ... but mpeg-4 for ipood :-P sized videos.

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video_freak23 Newb Techie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2	Ipod video cant play movies?! When i bought the ipod video, i thought i would be able to put all my movies and music videos i downloaded onto it, so i got quicktime pro and open the file(movie) then click file export...now when this happens, i get the movie to go on the ipod but there is no sound also sometimes, there isnt even a sound or anything on the screen but pure white(nothing there). What is going on and what am i doing wrong?

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macdude425 Member (again) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raul's Wild Kingdom...How 'bout that, huh? Posts: 4,197	If they're not in the proper file format, or you exported them wrong, it may not work. Did you get these from the iTunes store? __________________ Debian Support Forums!

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11-30-2005, 09:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
video_freak23 Newb Techie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2	No i downloaded these from Limewire, they work fine on the computer, they are all in MPEG1 Muxed and they play in windows media, so then i change it to quicktime(the file) then go to file open file get the movie clip then when the movie clip is playing i go to file export then when its done(takes very long) i click and drag from where it saved and put it into ITunes which then loads it onto the ipod video, but then its either that it has the movie playing but no sound or other way around, sometime when i convert the movie from windows media to quicktime then even there the movie wont play anything(sound or image).

12-01-2005, 02:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
The General Banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,207	ipod video = only plays h.264 and mpeg-4 get ffmpegx or something and covert all your movies to mpeg-4 and they'll work just fine. hopefully the new firmware will enable all sorts of other video formats, but right now only h.264 and mpeg4 work

12-03-2005, 02:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
FeLiX Newb Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 23	Please define what "h.264" means please thankyou

12-04-2005, 09:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
The General Banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,207	i prefer h.264 for larger resolution videos ... but mpeg-4 for ipood :-P sized videos.