Anyone working on an iPhone profile?

[Shaocaholica]

I've been playing around a bit since I got mine but I can only get iTunes to sync videos encoded with an iPod 5/5.5G profile. Maybe iTunes is hardcoded (for now?) to only sync iPod compatible videos even though the iPhone can probably handle more.

[PuzZLeR]

Your problem is more of a software or hardware issue, not a video format issue.

The music/video specs for the iPhone are identicle to those of the iPod 5.5. So it "should" be accepted by iTunes to the iPhone. The profiles are equal, so compatibility is not the problem at all.

All I can say is that your videos are fine if they worked on your 5.5, but I don't have an iPhone (yet if ever), and it's too early for the general public to have an answer to your question. At this early point, this would definitely be a tech support issue with Apple.

But you may have a point about iTunes being hardcoded. It may be in need of an update that Apple didn't release too early to probably avoid information leaks.

[PuzZLeR]

Well there's your answer...

iTunes 7.3 is out and is now compatible with the iPhone. I knew it was only an update, or new version, away from fixing this...

It should work now.

[Kurtnoise]

Encode Video for Wi-Fi and EDGE

You can use the QuickTime Player Pro Export command and the following exporters to prepare video content for iPhone:

* The Movie to MPEG-4 exporter with the following settings prepares movies for Wi-Fi.
In the H.264 video options, make sure you restrict the encoder to use the Baseline profile, and select "Faster encode (Single-pass)" encoding in the Video Options dialog.
Video settings: 900 kbit/sec, H.264, 480 x 360; frame rate: current; preserve aspect ratio using: Fit within size
Audio settings: 128 kbit, AAC-LC
.mp4 file
* The Movie to 3G exporter with the following settings prepares movies for EDGE.
Video settings: 64 kbit, H.264, 176 x 144; frame rate: 10 or 15; preserve aspect ratio using: Letterbox or Crop
Audio settings: 16 kbit, AAC-LC
.3gp file

In each exporter, turn off streaming; iPhone does not stream media using RTP/RTSP.

Size Movies Appropriately

In landscape orientation, iPhone screen is 480 x 320 pixels. Users can easily switch the view mode between scaled-to-fit (letterboxed) and full-screen (centered and cropped). You should use a size that preserves the aspect ratio of your content and fits within a 480 x 360 rectangle.

Don’t Let Bit Rate Stall Your Movie

When viewing media over the network, bit rate makes a crucial difference to the playback experience. If the network cannot keep up with the media bit rate, playback stalls.

The following movie formats are supported:

* H.264 Baseline Profile Level 3.0 video, up to 640 x 480 at 30 fps. Note that B frames are not supported in the Baseline profile.
* MPEG-4 Part 2 video (Simple Profile)
* AAC-LC audio, up to 48 kHz
* .mov, .mp4, .m4v, .3gp file formats
* Any movies or audio files that can play on an iPod

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/designingcontent.html