[macvoiceover] Re: iPod video converter

  • From: Janet and Felix * <janetfelix2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:01:08 -0700

Darn! Well someone needs to design one then!  Thanks for the update. Sorry that 
didn't work out.


janet

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> From: j.schmude@xxxxxxxxx
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: iPod video converter
> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:56:47 -0700
> 
> Hi
> Just got done converting the video, and unfortunately iSquint doesn't  
> do what I want. It doesn't keep the chapter marks, and also doesn't  
> keep the media tags. So I'll have to keep looking I guess.
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 12, 2008, at 00:27, Janet and Felix * wrote:
> 
>>
>> So How did it work?!
>>
>> Felix wants me to put it out there, that he wants to do something  
>> sort of opposite of what you're doing. He wants to take a audio book  
>> with all the chapters in it and lose the chapters so it's one long  
>> cd with no chapter marks.
>>
>> Without having to use his CD recorder and doing it manually.  He's  
>> got a way to convert it already down to the size he wants, he ends  
>> up with 99 chapters & subchapters. All these markers. They've got to  
>> go.
>>
>> Anyone know of such software.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> janet
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>>> From: j.schmude@xxxxxxxxx
>>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: iPod video converter
>>> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:47:14 -0700
>>>
>>> Hi
>>> According to techspansion, which is who made it, it seems like he  
>>> just
>>> didn't feel like maintaining it anymore. I did find a download link
>>> for the latest version though and I'm giving it a try since it is
>>> freeware, I didn't know that either since no mention of that fact is
>>> made on techspansion's site. I'm converting one of my tv episodes  
>>> now,
>>> we'll see how it does.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 11, 2008, at 23:35, Janet and Felix * wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for that info. So I wonder if those download links then are
>>>> for archived copies? Interesting. Do you know why it was
>>>> discontinued?  Bugs maybe.
>>>>
>>>> janet
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>> From: j.schmude@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: iPod video converter
>>>>> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:22:45 -0700
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>> iSquint has been discontinued along with visualhub, they're made by
>>>>> the same person.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 11, 2008, at 23:02, Janet and Felix * wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe this one? http://mac.majorgeeks.com/download5129.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's called "ISquint" and it's a video converter for Ipods. Not  
>>>>>> sure
>>>>>> if it does what you need though. Closest I could find in th
>>>>>> Majorgeek Mac downloads.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> janet
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>>>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> Subject: [macvoiceover] iPod video converter
>>>>>>> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:33:55 -0700
>>>>>>> From: j.schmude@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi everyone
>>>>>>> I'm looking for a video converter for my iPod. I have lots of  
>>>>>>> DVDs
>>>>>>> that I own that I've encoded to MP4, but I encoded them so they
>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>> be watched on normal screens. As a result, my iPod Classic won't
>>>>>>> play
>>>>>>> them. I'm looking for a converter that does this conversion and
>>>>>>> also
>>>>>>> preserves my chapter marks. This second point is the key, as I  
>>>>>>> know
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> several video converters--quicktime pro, iTunes itself, Viddyup,
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> visualhub (discontinued). None of these, however, seem to be able
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> preserve chapter marks and I really don't feel like extracting  
>>>>>>> them
>>>>>>> manually then using QT pro to put them back. I'd really prefer to
>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>> the conversions in a batch, which QT pro doesn't allow even
>>>>>>> though I
>>>>>>> can manually re-add the chapter marks later. Anyone know of a  
>>>>>>> video
>>>>>>> converter that will do both of these? Or alternatively, will the
>>>>>>> new
>>>>>>> Nano play my standard-sized videos since the unit can be turned  
>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>> its
>>>>>>> side for widescreen view? No, I can't see the screen, but at the
>>>>>>> moment iTunes won't even copy the movies to the iPod. For those
>>>>>>> interested, they are AAc audio with an AC3 track in the case of
>>>>>>> surround movies, h.264 video, and the dimensions are usually
>>>>>>> 640x480,
>>>>>>> sometimes higher. Wil the new nano be able to simply take these
>>>>>>> files
>>>>>>> as is? Because if it can I'll just do that, it'd save me a lot of
>>>>>>> time
>>>>>>> in the long run and besides I've been wanting one for a while.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
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