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Ok -- so in this video I used Mediacoder Ipod Edition which works great for iPods and iPhones, etc. For other formats (Zune, iRiver, etc) I really strongly recommend their other converter, http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/. Both are free, though you'll have to do a bit more legwork for non-iPod friendly versions. I recommended the MP4 download as it's higher quality, lower filesize, and seems to convert in general much better than WMVs. I'd say for just about everyone, MP4s > WMVs to be honest, so definitely use those as your base (I'm going to be doing a series on the further virtues of MP4s in the future so all of you can get them playing in Windows Media Player and more).

This tutorial is meant for any 2 or 4-tabling videos that you'd like to have on your iPod but we haven't converted -- as I explain in the video (and as you'll see), videos that are larger than 1tabling (~800x600) don't look great in the iPod format, but if you want to do the conversion on your own, this tutorial will do the trick for sure.

Rob

right on radical rob!

Thanks for this, I'll be buying a touch today and am looking forward having DC vids in my pocket. On a side note, would anyone recommend getting the 8 gig touch or is that too small an amount of memory?

Thanks for this, I'll be buying a touch today and am looking forward having DC vids in my pocket. On a side note, would anyone recommend getting the 8 gig touch or is that too small an amount of memory?

It will take a bit more to manage for sure.

Honestly, 8gb will be no use if you intend on having music & videos. I have ~100 albums on my touch and it takes up 8GB alone - start adding videos (I am currently working my way through Prison Break & Losts seasons) and it fills up very easily.

I picked up an 80gb a couple months ago and don't regret it at all.. Perfect size imo, wouldn't go any smaller.

Here's another great converter for iPod and virtually any mobile device (I used it to get movies and poker videos on my N73): http://www.erightsoft.com/S6Kg1.html

It's a bit more complex I guess, but it looks to me like the swiss army knife of converting tools

The mediacoder website also has a very cool sony psp converter.

The mediacoder website also has a very cool sony psp converter.

If I had a PSP I'd do another vid on converting for PSP. If anyone who has a PSP wants to volunteer to do one I'd be very and .

Rob

This video is grate, nice timing also as I just got my ipod touch from FTP today

btw, is it better to convert the .mp4 files?? I have downloaded all vids in .wmv :S

This video is grate, nice timing also as I just got my ipod touch from FTP today

btw, is it better to convert the .mp4 files?? I have downloaded all vids in .wmv :S

Either will work (WMV or MP4), but MP4 is better to use in the future rather than WMV. In general WMVs kinda suck, but we provided them for users who only have Windows Media Player 11 and nothing else and want things to work "out of the box." MP4s have better compression and resolution/audio quality and also generally convert a bit more smoothly since they are an open standard, as opposed to WMV which is proprietary.

Rob

Here's another great converter for iPod and virtually any mobile device (I used it to get movies and poker videos on my N73): http://www.erightsoft.com/S6Kg1.html

It's a bit more complex I guess, but it looks to me like the swiss army knife of converting tools

this one looks great but i can't find the download link -_-''

Hmmm, everything went fine until I went to update my ipod and then recieved a prompt that the video was not copied because it could not be played on my ipod. The other single table vids already converted by DC play fine though. Any thoughts?

Hmmm, everything went fine until I went to update my ipod and then recieved a prompt that the video was not copied because it could not be played on my ipod. The other single table vids already converted by DC play fine though. Any thoughts?

Do you have an iPod Touch or an older iPod?

Rob

Do you have an iPod Touch or an older iPod?

Rob

Older model, Rob.

Older model, Rob.

You'll need to make sure you're using settings for resolution that it supports -- the iPhone is higher resolution and has newer software that supports more MP4 settings. May have to google to read up on that (we use mediacoder standard edition so that it's compatible with both iPod and iPhone).

Rob

Thanks.

hey entity,

just wanted to thank you for letting us know about this. love this program, cuz watching things on-the-go is so much more time efficient and healthy.

So, just to be clear, the vids here on DC can be conveerted and viwed on alternatives to the IPod, such as the Creative Zen, or the Sansa Fuze?

So, just to be clear, the vids here on DC can be conveerted and viwed on alternatives to the IPod, such as the Creative Zen, or the Sansa Fuze?

We do not have DRM, if that is what you are asking.

They definitely can be converted to be used on iPod. I do not know what a Creative Zen or Sansa Fuze is, but since I know our members watch videos on their DVD players, XBoxes, Wii's, iPhones and I have heard members have converted to BlackBerrys, I would say yes.

We do not have DRM, if that is what you are asking.

They definitely can be converted to be used on iPod. I do not know what a Creative Zen or Sansa Fuze is, but since I know our members watch videos on their DVD players, XBoxes, Wii's, iPhones and I have heard members have converted to BlackBerrys, I would say yes.

The Zen and the Fuze compete with the IPod. All are portable music/video players.

If you can watch the DC vids on all of the components that you listed above, Joe, then I'd say that the DC vids can likely be converted to any format necessary. If anyone has used their Zen, or other portable viewer, I confirmation post would be pretty cool. Thanks.

This looks very interesting as well:

http://www.encoding.com/

I tried converting a 2-tabling video for Ipod Touch according to the instructions, it went well otherwise but only half of each table is displayed. Any idea on how to get them to show in full?

I tried converting a 2-tabling video for Ipod Touch according to the instructions, it went well otherwise but only half of each table is displayed. Any idea on how to get them to show in full?

I've never seen that happen, but I'd look to make sure you don't have "cropping" enabled somewhere.

Rob

Helo, plz help me somebody. When i convert the video to my iPod NANO the video is to big for my screen. What can I do???

But the screen of my iPod Nano is only to small for 2 tabling videos! Has anyone an idea??

Hello i have just watched this video and converted it using the method described the only problem being i can get it into my itunes library but it wont let me then drag it into my ipod. any ideas?

thanks.

But the screen of my iPod Nano is only to small for 2 tabling videos! Has anyone an idea??

There's not much you can do about that, 2-tabling videos are going to look very small on *all* screens, especially the Nano.

Hello i have just watched this video and converted it using the method described the only problem being i can get it into my itunes library but it wont let me then drag it into my ipod. any ideas?

thanks.

Make sure that you're syncing your video library manually; I know with my iPhone I had to change it to manual video sync before it would allow me to drag it.

Rob

I also just posted this in General Discussion...

I was attempting to download the Mediacoder to convert videos to the iPhone and my security software (AVG) stopped the page from loading. Here is the message:

The page you are trying to access has been identified as a known exploit, phishing, or social engineering web site and therefore has been blocked for your safety. Without protection, such as that in the AVG Security Toolbar and AVG, your computer is at risk of being compromised, corrupted or having your identity stolen. Please follow one of the suggestions below to continue.

I just watched the ipod conversion video and it appears that this software is needed. Anybody have any ideas?

I also just posted this in General Discussion...

I was attempting to download the Mediacoder to convert videos to the iPhone and my security software (AVG) stopped the page from loading. Here is the message:

The page you are trying to access has been identified as a known exploit, phishing, or social engineering web site and therefore has been blocked for your safety. Without protection, such as that in the AVG Security Toolbar and AVG, your computer is at risk of being compromised, corrupted or having your identity stolen. Please follow one of the suggestions below to continue.

I just watched the ipod conversion video and it appears that this software is needed. Anybody have any ideas?

Make sure you're going to the right Mediacoder page:

http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/device/ipod_touch.html

Rob

Thanks for the quick reply Rob... it worked.

Rob, sorry, but one more question...

For iPhone videos, when given the option to download either the full MP4 video or the iPod compatible video, which is better?
I have no idea what the difference is.

Thanks again.

Rob, sorry, but one more question...

For iPhone videos, when given the option to download either the full MP4 video or the iPod compatible video, which is better?
I have no idea what the difference is.

Thanks again.

The MP4 is for computers, so it hasn't been formatted/changed for iPhones at all.

Rob

Been using this software and its ok. The problem I am having is that the visual is about 1-2 seconds ahead of the audio. What kind of settings can you recommend or how can I solve this problem.

Secondly, are there any other software nowadays that are better? I have this software you recommend on my old laptop, too afraid to install it on my new laptop I use just for poker, is it safe to install mediacoder on to my new lap top? Thank you