[jocker]

Right - enough of all this rubbish.

Lets get down to some nitty gritty. All videos purchased from the music store are now in at least 640 x 480 resolution (movies are in widescreen) encoded in h264 - bit rate has gone from 500 to around 1500 and the video size has approximately doubled.

What I want to know is does this mean that my 'old' 5G ipod can't play them - as the specifications are that it can only play videos up to 320 x 240 in h264?

Or is there going to be a software update to play them? And if so - I wonder if I will be able to use the 'search' functionality that the 'new' 5G ipods offer.... I hope so!!

[mduell]

The 640x480 movies/shows are using the baseline low-complexity H.264 profile, so they're easier to play back (but don't look as good) as the baseline profile would be. The iPod can play 640x480 baseline low-complexity profile @ 1.5Mbps or 320x240 baseline profile @ 0.5Mbps.

[dazzla]

Are there any apps out there to convert our own content into the baseline low-complexity format? Handbrake only does baseline.

[jocker]

Well despite them being low complexity the videos look far better. Actually I just looked at an old Black Eyed Peas video I bought a while ago in 320 x 240 - that was low complexity as well?

[chrislong]

noticed nobody posted any apps that do this, but I just released a new version of hawkeye that supports this new format direct conversion from DVD or files.

http://www.nitosoft.com/hawkeye.html

[ipodgo]

I've been using PQ DVD to iPod Video Suite for a while, it actually support converting your own content into the baseline low-complexity format of 640x480 H.264. Except that it is for PC only.

Originally Posted by dazzla

Are there any apps out there to convert our own content into the baseline low-complexity format? Handbrake only does baseline.

[Eug]

One Handbrake development build will do it.