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Old 04-08-2008, 07:42 PM
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Unhappy iPhone movie conversion
Please help.

iPhone 3G 8Gb.
Need to movie Mp4 movie from desktop to iphone.
Shows up in itunes movies and plays Ok.

have various conversion utils...isquint / handbrake / ffmpegx

Try to drag or move to iphone/movies.... no good
enable video movies under sync ..no good.

thanks
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Old 04-08-2008, 07:44 PM
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if you select the movie in iTunes, then go to the Advanced Menu, you should have a Convert Selection to iPod/iPhone option.

try that (but it takes a long time, in my experience, for it to convert so let it go overnight)
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Old 04-08-2008, 07:48 PM
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I use iSquint, do it as normal to convert it and place it in iTunes (movies) and then from the iPhone Devices section (tabs up the top when you select your device) select 'Video' and then select 'Sync Movies' and select your movie (tick box) and then select apply (once you tick box your movie a cancel / apply will appear). This will start a sync process of your iPhone and transfer it across.
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iPhone & Touch are very particular about video data rates and so on.

Handbrake has custom settings for these devices, which you should use.

In spite of the non-widescreen, the Nano & Classic can handle 50% higher data rate than iPhone/Touch. Another of Apple's 'inconceivable' design choices.
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Im having weird issues as well.. I converted a couple of movies the other day for my iphone using visual hub and tried a couple of movies today using the same settings and now i get the error along the lines of 'iphone cannot play this file'.. Its mp4 and everything :S
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Thanks..

Needed to slow down and look.
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Old 04-08-2008, 09:45 PM
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OK you can have a dig at me for asking, but ill ask anyways

Any suggestions for software windows based to convert AVI/DVD/etc to iphone format ?

Not having much luck ...

PS:Maybe i should go buy a mac
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Old 04-08-2008, 09:51 PM
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I would recommend VisualHub (Welcome to Techspansion) again and again. Works every time.

UPDATE - Sorry Mac Only
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Old 04-08-2008, 09:51 PM
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OK you can have a dig at me for asking, but ill ask anyways

Any suggestions for software windows based to convert AVI/DVD/etc to iphone format ?

Not having much luck ...

PS:Maybe i should go buy a mac
Videora iPhone Converter seems to work for me mate

And quicktime pro on Mac
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Old 04-08-2008, 10:00 PM
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Videora iPhone Converter seems to work for me mate

And quicktime pro on Mac
Cheers for that!!! will download now, and play with it tomorrow (too much work to do right now).

Any tips for settings used when converting?
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