what format videos do iPods play?

**basschick** · 08-14-2006, 08:15 PM

i'm the only person left who doesn't own an iPod. what formats can they play?

**IdolKnights** · 08-14-2006, 08:18 PM

http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html - :karate:

**IdolKnights** · 08-14-2006, 08:21 PM

And here is a free program to convert your files to ipod ready media

http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/

maxpower · 08-14-2006, 08:26 PM

Do you guys know the dimensions the videos should be as well?

**basschick** · 08-14-2006, 08:26 PM

great info - thanks!

i see they support mp4 and mov - i'm thinking if i go with mp4 other players will also be able to use it.

any thoughts on this?

**IdolKnights** · 08-14-2006, 08:34 PM

A quote from Wiki

"3G mobile phones use 3GP, a simplified version of MPEG-4 Part 12 (a.k.a MPEG-4/JPEG2000 ISO Base Media file format, MPEG-4 Part 14 is a derivated standard from ISO Base file format too), with the .3gp and .3g2 extensions. These files also store non-MPEG-4 data (H.263, AMR, TX3G)."

So I would say mp4 may be a good start