Yak wrote:can anyone recommend a tool for easy preparation of video for it? It seems that mine has shipped too, and I have a trip coming up in the not too distant future too and it'd be nice to prepare a bit
ViddyUp! is ace. Used to be called Podner, I think. Cheap, friendly and versatile.
Yak wrote:can anyone recommend a tool for easy preparation of video for it? It seems that mine has shipped too, and I have a trip coming up in the not too distant future too and it'd be nice to prepare a bit
ViddyUp! is ace. Used to be called Podner, I think. Cheap, friendly and versatile.
Sickboy wrote:Low volume really pissing me off now. It's just nowhere near what I need for schlepping around honking, rumbling, shouty old London.
I know it's not really the answer, but in leue of finding a hack to reset the volume limiter why not get a pair of isolating headphones.
This is good advice, actually - I have a pair of Sony EX-something-or-others that push into the ear canal, and they do a great job of blocking out enough noise that you can actually hear something without turning it up loud.
Not only do you get better bass response, but you shouldn't end up damaging your ears as much either.
Yak wrote:can anyone recommend a tool for easy preparation of video for it? It seems that mine has shipped too, and I have a trip coming up in the not too distant future too and it'd be nice to prepare a bit
ViddyUp! is ace. Used to be called Podner, I think. Cheap, friendly and versatile.
Did you create your own setting for iPod Touch native resolution? If so, care to post details?
matt
Nah, haven't done anything like that yet, fella. I've just been busy filling up a folder of varyingly dirty music videos, for those inexplicable inbetween-stop tube-train stall moments.
Gonna get busy ripping later...
I have found that Visual Hub is far more flexible with formats than ViddyUp!, though...
Deckard wrote:Between Visual Hub, Mac the Ripper and Handbrake everything is rosy here
I can tell that I haven't ripped video in ages as I've been having some interesting issues with some DVDs.
I was trying to rip Volkerball using VisualHub and I've got two issues:
1) A problem.
The rip looks like shit with intereference, basically teh stream is encoded so I need to decss it I think. What's the best mac based tool for doing that these days? Handbrake used to look after that as an all in one process but I think I want VisualHub to do the encode.
2) A niggle
There are three major videos on Volkerball, Nimes, London, Moscow. Visual Hub will only let me rip the Nimes one, how do I get it to do the others?
I haven't been able to test out youtube yet so this may be a really stupid question. BUT...
Can you suck video off youtube and keep it on the iPod to play when you aren't online?
More specifically is there a tool/hack/website that allows you to rip the H264 (or whatever) versions of the videos for the iTouch? Quite a few song clips and videos I'd like to cache for repeated viewing
I haven't been able to test out youtube yet so this may be a really stupid question. BUT...
Can you suck video off youtube and keep it on the iPod to play when you aren't online?
More specifically is there a tool/hack/website that allows you to rip the H264 (or whatever) versions of the videos for the iTouch? Quite a few song clips and videos I'd like to cache for repeated viewing
Dunno about all that, but YouTube-related thing... Isn't there some weird selective search engine or something? I've tried a few two-word searches and got nothing available on the Touch but loads of options on standard Mac...
I haven't been able to test out youtube yet so this may be a really stupid question. BUT...
Can you suck video off youtube and keep it on the iPod to play when you aren't online?
More specifically is there a tool/hack/website that allows you to rip the H264 (or whatever) versions of the videos for the iTouch? Quite a few song clips and videos I'd like to cache for repeated viewing
Dunno about all that, but YouTube-related thing... Isn't there some weird selective search engine or something? I've tried a few two-word searches and got nothing available on the Touch but loads of options on standard Mac...
There is definitely something going on somewhere as you simply can't find some of the more "questionable" material from what I could see.
I haven't been able to test out youtube yet so this may be a really stupid question. BUT...
Can you suck video off youtube and keep it on the iPod to play when you aren't online?
More specifically is there a tool/hack/website that allows you to rip the H264 (or whatever) versions of the videos for the iTouch? Quite a few song clips and videos I'd like to cache for repeated viewing
Dunno about all that, but YouTube-related thing... Isn't there some weird selective search engine or something? I've tried a few two-word searches and got nothing available on the Touch but loads of options on standard Mac...
There is definitely something going on somewhere as you simply can't find some of the more "questionable" material from what I could see.
Well, yes. Apparently.
I also tried to find the Redpoint YouTube channel and the Touch wouldn't let me.
It'd be veeeery depressing if Apple were using some kind of filter on YouTube Touch. Pointless, too. If I wanted to, I could easily import a load of grot, if watching porn on the tube didn't seem a bit unwholesome and creepy.
I haven't been able to test out youtube yet so this may be a really stupid question. BUT...
Can you suck video off youtube and keep it on the iPod to play when you aren't online?
More specifically is there a tool/hack/website that allows you to rip the H264 (or whatever) versions of the videos for the iTouch? Quite a few song clips and videos I'd like to cache for repeated viewing
Dunno about all that, but YouTube-related thing... Isn't there some weird selective search engine or something? I've tried a few two-word searches and got nothing available on the Touch but loads of options on standard Mac...
There is definitely something going on somewhere as you simply can't find some of the more "questionable" material from what I could see.
Well, yes. Apparently.
I also tried to find the Redpoint YouTube channel and the Touch wouldn't let me.
It'd be veeeery depressing if Apple were using some kind of filter on YouTube Touch. Pointless, too. If I wanted to, I could easily import a load of grot, if watching porn on the tube didn't seem a bit unwholesome and creepy.
I suppose the problem is parents buying them as presents for kids.
My understanding is that Youtube iPhone / touch support is by re-encoded H.264 rather than flash. I can imagine re-encoding the entire youtube vid database so it wouldn't surprise me if they did the most popular content first rather than have a no grot policy
gravy wrote:My understanding is that Youtube iPhone / touch support is by re-encoded H.264 rather than flash. I can imagine re-encoding the entire youtube vid database so it wouldn't surprise me if they did the most popular content first rather than have a no grot policy
That makes sense as well.
I still want to know how to get youtube video stored locally so I can watch it offline. I'm going to go trawling this evening for any insight, but if anybody comes across anything let me know
currently got MacTheRipper stripping out my DRMd DVDs so I can encode some Rammstein videos
I was worried about this too - in regards to digital rights management, Youtube is a nightmare - apple must must operate some kind of wall-garden policy, which makes sense in terms of DRM & content control - but defeats the whole purpose of the youtube portal.
sty wrote:I still want to know how to get youtube video stored locally so I can watch it offline. I'm going to go trawling this evening for any insight, but if anybody comes across anything let me know
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