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[senit] ipods and video

david fettes davidfettes3 at yahoo.co.uk
Tue Feb 26 10:53:08 GMT 2008

Article: [senit] ipods and video

how do you make an mp4 file on a pc?
or how do you convert a wmv or avi file to mp4?
david
--- Jamie Munro <jmunro at djsn.co.uk> wrote:

> The iPods play .m4v files so even .mp4 files have to
> be converted to run.
> Itunes will do this (select a mp4 file you've loaded
> into iTunes and look
> under the Advanced menu) but I use QuickTime Pro
> (which you do have to buy).
> 
> Jamie
> 
> > From: Richard Walter <richardwalter at ntlworld.com>
> > Reply-To: <senit at lists.becta.org.uk>
> > Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:34:40 +0000
> > To: <senit at lists.becta.org.uk>
> > Subject: Re: [senit] ipods and video
> > 
> > david fettes wrote:
> >> hi what video formats does the newer ipod nano
> play? A
> >> colleague wants to make a video to play on it
> using
> >> still jpgs and a PC. Will photostory3 videos play
> on
> >> it?
> >> david 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>      
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> >>   
> > There is information on the Apple web site:
> > 
> >
>
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304784
> > 
> > and some frequently asked questions on
> >
>
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302758
> > 
> > generally I think its mpeg-4 and mov files
> > 
> > I think photostory saves it's video files as wmv
> so I would say that the
> > ipod couldn't play them (although I could be
> wrong).
> > You can change wmv to other formats but I think it
> will cost.
> > eg.
> http://www.my-video-converter.com/video_converter/
> > 
> > Richard Walter
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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