I think h.264 is preferred. Not so much for the footprint, but because it can optimize the compressed playback for mobile processors in a manner that doesn't require as much computing overhead. It takes a long time to compress/encode though. Going on what I've been told.
Well I plan to keep the originals on my computer at all times, but for the most part I would like to produce copies just for iPhone viewing....Do you plan on only watching them on the iPhone? If you do than there's no reason to make the width bigger than 480 pixels.
I'm wondering if I need to create a new iPhoto library with 640x480 photos or if iTunes will compress them on the fly. Obviously there's no need to import everything at max resolution. Thoughts? Experiences with the photo capable iPods?Video formats supported: 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 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, 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
FYI if there's something else useful in the specs...
I'm wondering if I need to create a new iPhoto library with 640x480 photos or if iTunes will compress them on the fly. Obviously there's no need to import everything at max resolution. Thoughts? Experiences with the photo capable iPods?
I know iTunes will not recompress for photos for the previous generation iPods...I'm wondering if I need to create a new iPhoto library with 640x480 photos or if iTunes will compress them on the fly.
Are you sure? iTunes says "Optimizing photos for iPod" when they are going on...I doubt iPhoto/iTunes will take the those photos and re-compress on the fly but we won't know for sure until the iPhone is released. I know the video iPod does not do this.
What does it mean when "Optimizing for iPod" appears in iTunes and what happens if I cancel?
iTunes creates TV-quality versions of your photos and stores them in a database on your computer. This makes it much faster when you add new photos to your iPod later. If you cancel this optimization, the photos are not added to the iPod.