[MPlayer-users] mencoder parameters for iPod

[Rolf Ernst]

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Stroller <stroller at stellar.eclipse.co.uk>wrote:

>
> On 5 Feb 2010, at 12:02, Andrew Daviel wrote:
>
>> ...
>>
>> I found "-lavfopts format=ipod" in the mencoder manpage, so my command
>> looked like
>> $ mencoder -of lavf -lavfopts format=ipod -oac faac -ovc x264 foobar.avi
>> -o foobar.m4v
>> (plus other options you suggest)
>> iTunes silently refuses to add the result to the library, so I don't
>> actually know if it will play on the hardware since I have no way of getting
>> it there. Quicktime player won't play it, saying "an invalid sample
>> description was found".
>>
>
> Have you tired "-o foobar.mp4" ?
>
> If this allows you to add to iTunes, but not play on the iPod then I think
> this may be related to IDC levels.
>
>
> http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mencoder-users/2008-September/009414.html
>
> Somewhere in th ebegining of this thread I noted that you have to specify
idc level of 3. But apparently that doens't work, either (anymore)?

/re