====== Supported iPod video formats ======
The iPod 5G (firmware 1.2) and iPhone officially support the following video formats:

  * H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
  * H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
  * MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

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The iPod classic/Nano 3G/touch officially support the following video formats:
  * H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
  * H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
  * MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

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However, information pulled from an iPod Classic with firmware 1.1.2 indicates it supports:
  * H.264 video, up to 5.0 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 256 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
  * H.264 video, up to 5.0 Mbps, 720 by 576 pixels (but 10368000 maximum pixels per second), 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 256 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
  * MPEG-4 video, up to 5.0 Mbps, 720 by 576 pixels (but 307200 maximum pixels), 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 256 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats


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foo_dop will only accept video in an MP4 container. Programs that can convert video into the required format include:
===== Nero Recode =====
  * [[http://www.nero.com|Homepage]]
===== MeGUI =====
  * Download MeGUI from the bottom of [[http://x264.nl/|this page]].
===== ffmpeg =====
  * You can download binaries from [[http://tirnanog.fate.jp/mirror/ffmpeg/|here]]. Alternatively go [[http://celticdruid.no-ip.com/xvid/|here]] and click on the ffmpeg link on the left side of the page.
  * You may need pthreadGC2.dll which can be found in [[ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32/pthreads-w32-2-8-0-release.exe|this archive]] in the "Pre-built.2\lib" folder
==== Example command lines ====
FIXME TODO