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Geek Culture / Importing .mp4 movies into iTunes 7

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soapyfish
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Posted: 27th Dec 2006 05:12
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Hi all,
I was lucky enough to get a video ipod from Santa (even though I recently said I'd never get an ipod and a more sane person would wait a few weeks for Mac World but hey ho).

Anyway, I had to upgrade to iTunes 7 and I can import music and stick it on my pod just fine. My problem is I've converted a file to mp4 using Handbrake but it won't import into iTunes. I drag it to the window and the little green '+' sign pops-up but when I let go of the mouse button the symbol disappears and nothing happens. I've tried this with a range of files from a range of sources. The files play fine in quicktime but I can't import to iTunes.

I've done my fair share of googling and have just had a look on the Apple forums and it looks like it's quite a common problem that can't be solved so I think I'll just have to wait for Apple to release an update of some kind of update.

Reason I'm posting here is there's a lot of people that know a lot more about macs than me so if anyone's had the same problem and found a work-around I'm all ears. I've read on a forum something to do with quicktime pro but I don't have this and it might not be the same problem I'm haivng.

Just to clarify a few things, I'm using a ppc g4 ibook, with itunes v.7 (latest version as of Monday) and I can't use an earlier version because the ipod (5.5gen 80gb) needs v.7 of iTunes.

It would appear I've been bitten by the coding bug yet again...
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indi
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Posted: 27th Dec 2006 05:47
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ffmpeg is a great program that will convert it. mostly its a codec issue.
usually you would convert it to h264 Quicktime and that should work ok.

if you wanted to do it with the best possible quality, dump it to a raw uncompressed format and then allow conversion from the larger file.

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soapyfish
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Posted: 27th Dec 2006 18:52
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Thanks for the info Indi.

Turns out once I'd updated to OS X 10.4.8 and Quicktime 7.1.3 the files can be imported no problem. Live and learn.

It would appear I've been bitten by the coding bug yet again...
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indi
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Posted: 28th Dec 2006 02:15
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its all good, however that program ffmpeg is still worthwhile downloading.
dont forget about the recent security update as well if you havent done so.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798

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lol same here i have the same problem i need a program to convert my dvds to mpeg4 or whatever ipod video uses - got one for christmas too - so will ffmpeg do that convert it for me ?
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indi
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for free dvd ripping on mac OSX look for a program called HandBrake, I have 0.7.1

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oh on mac OSX, well actually i need one for windows. I need something that will convert my dvd files to mp4 can ffmpeg do that or do u know of another program?
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indi
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Posted: 29th Dec 2006 01:29
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it should do but i havent tested it on windows.

dvd shrink and dvd decryptor are the standard windows conversion tools ive seen.

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Posted: 29th Dec 2006 02:13 Edited at: 29th Dec 2006 02:21
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Well um dvd shrink is a dvd burner to burn dvds onto another disk and dvd decryptor sounds great but its no longer free you have to buy it .... do u know any other type of software i could check out ? Thanks though.

EDIt: okay so i found a free version of dvd decryptor ... but if you can still post any dvd to mpeg4 converters that are free .....that i can check.... if u know any that would be greatly appreciated!
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DVD shrink will actually shrink the DVD content to half its size so it will fit onto 4.7 gig disks.
It lends itself to nero's DLL that will burn it later on but it will shrink it as well.

try a program called SUPER its a front end gui to ffmpeg for windows.

visit www.doom9.org and videohelp.com
they really are the definitive places to read about this kind of content for windows users.

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Posted: 29th Dec 2006 22:21 Edited at: 29th Dec 2006 22:23
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I found something called Videora ipod converter! Its a pretty okay converter for being free but it takes along time and well i found that there was a problem with the video sound at a certain point in the converted movie - it basically goes mute for 10 minutes in the movie - so i guess my search isnt done yet... Ill get back to you guys if i do find something worthwhile to be used. Thanks indi for helping me though, i greatly appreciate it
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Posted: 30th Dec 2006 01:24
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did you try FFMPEG? its free you know...

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Posted: 30th Dec 2006 05:35 Edited at: 30th Dec 2006 05:35
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FFMPEG .. ya im abit confused about it is it a program or a team of programmers and i cant seem to find a download page or link?
So is FFMPEG a program or is Super the program ??? im abit confused.

Quote: "try a program called SUPER its a front end gui to ffmpeg for windows.

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By The Way did u make ur avatar cuz i like to watch it and i notice from time to time the animation changes abit or something is added. It looks amazing though.
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Super is a front end for FFMPEG for windows.
GUI4 FFMEPG is another one for windows users.
check out those two sites i mentioned above.

by law your not allowed to download the whole FFMPEG in one go.
you have to download some components of the codecs in other areas.
At least thats the way its set up in the MAC OSX environment.

Yeah I made the animation years ago and slowly added to it.

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