help with itunes/ipoding videos

[aimeekitty]

(pst, I've finally retired my 5-year old ipod, thanks to Mitch getting me this one. I'm so friggin excited. XD~!)


back to topic though,,... ok, so I have a lot of fansubbed stuff in mp4 format, when I try to play it in quicktime (or itunes) the audio plays but not the video.

Now,... I can watch these files easily in VLC. But is there some way I can convert them to a quicktime/itunes compatible format (like .mov or a video-intact.mp4 ?) Apple's site is all like "buy QT pro, or convert with itunes" but I tried converting with itunes and it didn't work. and I'm not sure that QT pro would work either even if I did buy it.
I have no trouble with the .avi files, I can easily convert them into .mov with divx doctor.

I'm sure this must be an easy to fix thing.

sidenote, I finally got lastfm to work again! Here's my profile page if you want to see what kind of crap I listen to!

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[ziggybecket.livejournal.com]

Hey hey! I just got my new MacBook and am switching over to Mac OS X from Windows.

Ironically I'm dealing with this situation now, figuring out all the video stuff on a Mac vs a PC.

So you want to convert MP4/DivX/XviD stuff to play on your video iPod right?

Well a free video editor that I've started using is called Avidemux. From what I can tell it can convert most AVI files to MP4 or something that Quicktime/iTunes can import. I haven't tried it myself though.

It's a Unix application though, so you'll need to install X11 on your Mac first. It comes with your Mac OS X Disk 1 or you can download it from the link I provided. After that's installed, you can run Avidemux.

With that you should be able to convert any AVI file to an MP4 file that iTunes can handle.

There's also a ton of other apps listed here. I haven't gone through all of them, but one of them should also do it if Avidemux doesn't work or is too much of a pain to use.

One commercial app that I ran across is called Roxio Popcorn. It claims to be able to convert video to the iPod video, but at that price, you might as well by the Quicktime Pro.

If I run into anything else I'll let you know too. :)

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

well the avi stuff is the easy part, divx dr works great for that, the trick is the mp4 files that somehow aren't compatible. *brain boggles*

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

PS YEAY MACBOOK! XD~

[ziggybecket.livejournal.com]

Hahah yah! Yay! X-D

Ok I found this, iSquint. It's very easy to drop most video files into it and it will convert it so that it plays on the iPod.

It has a bigger more complicated cousin called VisualHub, which is trys to get you to download. But if you're JUST trying to get video onto our iPod, iSquint should be enough. It even has an option to automatically add it into iTunes for you. So I'd suggest you try that first.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

HURRAH! XD dl now

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

hrm, for some reason it's still not working to make this particular .mp4. I wonder what the weird thing about it is? I get audio but no video *_*

[ziggybecket.livejournal.com]

Weird... it must be a malformed video file or something? The only other thing I'd try is getting Avidemux. Since it's not dependent on any MacOSX software, if it can open it properly it should be able to convert it to a file you can load into iTunes.

If you want, put the video up somewhere and I can tinker with it. You have me curious now. :) It plays fine in VLC right?

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

yeah, plays great in vlc! luckily most other fansubs I have are in avi, so they shouldnt be a problem. so WEIRD! Thanks for trying to help.

I'll try uploading it to my server, but it's going to take a while.
here's an example file here though in a torrent (or look for sugar sugar rune on animesuki.com ) :
http://www.arienai.com:1337/torrents/%5BArienai_-_Seishun%5D_Sugar_Sugar_Rune_-_20_%5BH264_-_AAC%5D%5B24c9290e%5D.mp4.torrent?info_hash=90db88120de0e04764f73e896a74ae8d35ba66d9

[ziggybecket.livejournal.com]

Ok, there's just something with that video that won't convert for some reason. I've tried all of the programs I mentioned and nada.

Very weird.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

oh well, like I said, at least most of them are convertable. :) thanks for trying!

[ruratai.livejournal.com]

Yay new ipod! Super pretty. :3

I use the free Videora software to convert all my files for my ipod. I've never had any trouble with it and it's really simple to use... Hope it'll help!

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

does that work with macs too? I only see the pc version

[ruratai.livejournal.com]

Gah, PC only it seems. Sorry. I got it from my Uncle, a mac user, so I assumed he used a version of it too.

I did a little detective work... Someone posting in a forum suggested ffmpegX... And there are lots of vid converters here too it seems. I do hope you can find one that helps with your Sugar Sugar Rune fix.

Sorry I can't be of more help. :/

[sewinggoddess.livejournal.com]

I know you have it solved... but a site I live by is http://www.versiontracker.com.

It's so easy to find software (alot of times free!) that will fit the bill. ^_^

Yayy!!!! So glad you got a Video iPod. I LOVE mine! I just wish I could master the whole bit torrent thingie... oi