Video (.mpg/.avi) to iPod (.mp4) converter

[William Park]

On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 05:04:29PM -0500, William Park wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I got 30GB iPod for Christmas.  I would like to try out its video
> capability.  iPod plays the following formats:
> 
>     * H.264
>       File formats:	.m4v, .mp4, and .mov
>       Video:	Up to 768 kbits/sec, 320 x 240, 30 frames per
> 		second (fps), Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3.
>       Audio:	AAC-LC up to 160 kbits/sec, 48 Khz, and stereo audio.
> 
>     * MPEG-4
>       File formats:	.m4v, .mp4, and .mov
>       Video:	Up to 2.5 Mbits/sec, 480 x 480, 30 fps, Simple Profile.
>       Audio:	AAC-LC up to 160 kbits/sec, 48 Khz, stereo audio. 
> 
> Does anyone know Linux software which can convert a normal video (.mpg,
> .avi) to above "iPod" format?

Thanks to all posters.  After trial and errors, I found the following
works on my iPod:
    ffmpeg -i x.mpg \
	-vcodec mpeg4 -s 320x240 -b 768 \
	-acodec aac -ab 128 \
	-f mov x.mov
Also, '-vcodec xvid' works as well, but I went with Apple's own spec of
'mpeg4'.  I couldn't get 'h264' codec to work.

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