The ultimate guide to iPod video

Fine. So after all this hype about a practical possibility of TV and movies for on the go, you've finally gone and bought the new iPod. What now?



Now, times see. There are so many ways in a slender, 2.5 "LCD screen media centre which will make it much time on every single one of them take pressed." So let us take them one at a we are time? This guide will take over all the options have you and how absolutely chaotically TiVo, muxed MPEGs AVIs convert everything and every - DVD, video, and more iPod compatible video - all in OS X. And along the way, we bring you a few iPod tips and tricks, also!



Dealing with these nasty scratches



If you take your iPod out of the box, it should be the first order of business is to protect your investment. This evil want no scratches on your precious media box out, you you? It is a complete eye to rise and one that you completely avoid.



The good thing about this new iPod is that the design slightly from that of the Nano, which according to most scratch users easily. The new iPod has better housing and doubled stacked, presumably to protect of the LCD monitor. But you want to make sure, not scratches, most users shows that your iPod plastic cases, for example. Recommend the invisible shield. If not, you will get always the white model, instead of the black.



What can you play videos?



Let's briefly go over the types of videos that can support your new iPod. According to Apple's website, the new iPod video specifications are the following:



o h. 264 video: up to 768 KBit / S, 320 x 240, 30 frames per second, baseline profile up to level 1.3 with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in the formats. m4v. MP4 and .mov file formats.



o MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 Mbps, 480 x 480, 30 frames per second, simple profile with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in the formats. m4v. MP4 and .mov file formats.



All of this sounds a little too confusing for beginners. Whats with the numbers? Don't you worry, because chances are, just need to remember a few of those for you, the best of the new iPod get.



First, we start with h. 264 video. The maximum video bit rate with the h. 264 codec is 768 kilobits per second. The largest image size for your h. 264 movie is 320 x 240 pixels high, the way the exact dimension of the iPod screen. Your iPod can H. 364 video at frame rates up to 30 fps play. Each individual applications we will use encoded using the baseline profile. Your audio must be encoded 48 KHz as AAC audio up to 160 Kbps, and it can either be in stereo or Mono. As long as you follow the guidelines, movie file can your film even a QuickTime movie or a MPEG-4.



The other option that you have is the MPEG-4 video, video - 2500 kilobits per second supported a much higher bitrate than h. 264. At higher bitrates larger files, will create, which means that you have less space for other songs and movies, but more slices of your favorite movie. The largest image size for the MPEG-4 video is 480 pixels wide and 480 pixels high - to present three times as many pixels as your iPod screen. Your iPod will be proportionally shrink the picture so that everything on the screen fits. Again, the iPod can video up to 30 frames per second, and your audio and file format options are the same as h. h.264 video.