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.
