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Cinderwolf

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Jan 13, 2009
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I read a post indentical to the problem I'm encountering from several months ago, but the fix doesn't seem to be working.
My situation is such: I use Handbrake to encode video files for use with my iPhone 3G - but getting them into iTunes is the issue.

I encode from an .avi file to the .mp4 format and then rename the extension to m4v - clicking and dragging (as well as File > Add File) into my library does absolutely nothing.
Now, I encoded a file on saturday morning and for some reason, it worked. I think I might be missing a setting somewhere.

My handbrake settings are such:
output to .mp4 format
MPEG4-XviD format (or the FFmpeg format)
single-pass video encoding
resolution 480x320
output size: 300mb

Originally, the file that worked was a 700mb .avi file movie that was converted to approximately 670mb for the iphone.. it was approximately 1:40:00 in length. I am trying to convert a 45minute video clip to 300mb (half that size). I believe the encode worked once on the 45 minute video, but when it was over 500mb in size.

If anybody has any ideas, please let me know.
 
Well, it seems I need to use the h.264 video codec with the option iPod 5g support option enabled. Takes over a half hour to convert the video, but now iTunes recognizes the files and can now add to the library.


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