[MPlayer-DOCS] Re: Draft: iPod encoding guide

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 2/7/07, Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 07:22:27PM -0500, Mark Pilgrim wrote:
> > Oh hell, I found some stupid copy-and-paste errors.  Just ignore draft
> > 1 and let's all start the discussion with draft 2 (attached).
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > -Mark
>
> [...]
> > +<para>
> > +  The iPod 5G supports two video formats: MPEG-4 ASP (such as DivX or Xvid)
>
> do we have to mention 2 random mpeg4 implemenattions here?

;-)


> > +  and MPEG-4 AVC (commonly called H.264).  It supports two audio formats:
> > +  MP3 and AAC.  But it only support one container format: MP4.  This guide
> > +  will explain how to create iPod-compatible files with H.264 video and AAC
> > +  audio in an MP4 container.  <application>MEncoder</application> can not
> > +  create iPod-compatible MP4 files directly, but you can use
> > +  <application>MEncoder</application> to create the video and audio, and then
> > +  use an external program such as <application>mp4creator</application> to
> > +  remux into an MP4 container.</para>
>
> this is not true, i do have a ipod and mencoder can with lavf generate working
> .mp4 files, so please remove this nonsense and use mencoder with lavf, if it
> doesnt work send a bugreport and ill fix it

Did you save the commandline you used to encode for iPod?

Guillaume