[MEncoder-users] Encoded file doesn't sync with iPhone

[Jörgen Isaksson]

Hi all mencoder wizards,

This is my first post on the list, so please be gentle with me.

I have downloaded and compiled mencoder and x264 successfully on my mac with 10.6.

After some long research hours on the net I found some mencoder settings that the authors claimed to work with the iPhone. This is the commandline I used.

mencoder input.mov -o output.m4v -vf dsize=480:320:2,scale=-8:-8,harddup -of lavf -lavfopts format=ipod -alang en -sws 2 -oac faac -faacopts br=128:mpeg=4:object=2:raw -srate 44100 -ovc x264 -x264encopts bitrate=800:nocabac:level_idc=30:bframes=0:global_header:threads=2:subq=5:frameref=6:partitions=all:trellis=1:chroma_me:me=umh

The file encodes without problem and plays just fine on the desktop and in iTunes, but it doesn't sync with the iPhone?t

Have I done something wrong here? My understanding was that the "format=ipod" would add the needed atom for the movie to sync with the iPhone.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thx in advance / Jorgen Isaksson, Bitfield AB