What You Need
 

You will need to have the video you want to put on your ipod already converted in ipod video format. For demonstration purposed you can download our dummy file (Here it is zipped Dummy.zip (25 KB)  (Video info: H.264 320x240, 3 seconds of color bars 33 KB) or you may use your own video that is already converted (remember when adding your own video, each time we make reference to our dummy file it will be the same proceedure with your own video file)

iTunes 6. or 7
Windows pc (I'm sure there's a way to do this on a mac but i don't have one)
H.264 video above 768 Kbps (Possibly a video you created with Videora that iTunes won't transfer)

Change iTunes To Manual Mode
(The rest of this guide assumes iTunes is in manual mode with disk use enabled)
Open iTunes and select Edit → Preferences


Select the Manually manage songs and playlists radio button and click OK

How To Determine The Video Bitrate Of Your Video
(Determining the video bitrate is not required for this hack but it is good to know)
iTunes Method
Load the video file in the iTunes library and calculate the video bitrate using this formula
((size in MB * 8 * 1024) / time in seconds) - audio bitrate = resulting video bitrate in kbps

For above example ((28.4 * 8 * 1024) / 120) - 128 = 1810 kbps

Quicktime Method
Open the video file in Quicktime

Goto Window → Movie Info of use keyboard shortcut ctrl+I


Note: The data rate is including the audio bitrate so in the above example the video bitrate is approximately (1.97mbps * 1024) kbps - 128 kbps = 1889 kbps

Note: The iTunes method is more accurate then the Quicktime method.

How To Get That Video That iTunes Refuses To Copy Onto Your iPod
(The following is required for the hack) 
1.    Load the Dummy.mp4 (H.264 320x240, 3 seconds of color bars 33 KB) file into the iTunes library
       


2.    Transfer Dummy.mp4 onto your iPod column

3.    Open your iPod in windows explorer (With windows explorer in the View → Details mode).


My  iPod is the Z: drive.


4. Press the F3 key to open the windows Search Companion


5. Click All files and folders then More advanced options and check Search hidden files and folders & Search subfolders


6. Now click Search and wait for windows to locate all the .mp4 files on your iPod


7. Now arrange the files by Size (Easier to locate the 33 KB Dummy.mp4 file if sorted by size. Remember with your own video file the size will be different locate the file size of your video file. To find the file size of your own video click here)


8. The Dummy file we transfered to the iPod is the 33 KB file.  Write down the file name iTunes gave this file (WBMN.mp4). Right click this 33 KB file and chose Open Containing Folder


9. Delete the Dummy file (The 33 KB file with the name you wrote down in the previous step)


10. Transfer the video file that iTunes refuses to transfer into this folder.


11. Rename the file to the name that iTunes gave the Dummy.mp4 file (The one you wrote down above).


12. Now back in iTunes find the Dummy.mp4 file


13. Select the dummy file and press play
Watch the Name, Size and Time of the file change as it recognizes the new video


14. Rename the file if you wish and eject your iPod.  You're good to go.

 

Final Note:

This guide was designed to get H.264 video with bitrates higher than 768 kbps onto the new video iPod.
This method of getting video onto the iPod might also allow us to bypass resolution restrictions.