[MEncoder-users] Video iPod

[Andrea Gelmini]

Hi all,
        I've got a new iPod and I would like to upload videos, but I
dunno how to encode it in the right way (by the way, I haven't apple
computers/microsoft OS, so I cannot use iTunes). So, thanks a lot in
advance for your time/clues.
        From the specs I read I have to choose to encode between:

         -> H.264 video: up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240, 30 frames per
sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48
Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats

         -> MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 mbps, 480 x 480, 30 frames per
sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio
in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats

         Yesterday and today I've googled a lot, but I found only a
lot of front ends (of mplayer/mencode) for OSX, not the simple command
line of mencoder (well, I also found a lot of things l do not care,
such encoding in raw, and so on).

         At the end you can find the output of a file I can play on iPod.

Thanks a lot for your attention,
andrea

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(snip)

ISO: Unknown File Type Major Brand: M4V
Quicktime/MOV file format detected.
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MOV track #0: 145 chunks, 1304 samples
Audio bits: 16  chans: 2  rate: 44100
MOV: Found MPEG4 audio Elementary Stream Descriptor atom (51)!
Fourcc: mp4a
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MOV track #1: 121 chunks, 907 samples
MOV: AVC decoder configuration record atom (45)!
Image size: 320 x 240 (24 bpp)
Display size: 320 x 240
Fourcc: avc1  Codec: ''
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MOV: longest streams: A: #0 (1304 samples)  V: #1 (907 samples)
VIDEO:  [avc1]  320x240  24bpp  29.970 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [faad] AAC (MPEG2/4 Advanced Audio Coding)
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/9.07% (ratio: 16000->176400)
Selected audio codec: [faad] afm: faad (FAAD AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio) decoder)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le -> 0Hz/0ch/??...
alsa-init: 1 soundcard found, using: default
alsa: 44100 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/30104 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little Endian
AO: [alsa] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le -> 44100Hz/2ch/s16le...
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [xv] 320x240 => 320x240 Planar YV12