What video format should I use ?

[whoeverxxx]

Hopefully I have the right e-mail address for [email protected]. Anyway I sent a sample file to you and this is what I wrote in the e-mail so everyone can read it incase someone can help me out here.



This file was converted to MP4 format so its usable on an IPod, but the audio part of the file is not supported by the RCA media player I talked about. I used ANY VIDEO CONVERTER to convert this file to MP4 format hoping files coverted in this style would be useable on both a video Ipod and an RCA Lyra X3030. The video will play fine on both devices but the audio is not supported by the RCA unit and inturn will not play sound on that unit. I've also used Clone DVD mobile to convert MP4 files that are both compatable for an IPOD and a Sony PSP (Playstation Portable) but the RCA device does not support the sound format part of these MP4s either.

Heres a link to the software I use and a link to website that lists the formats supported by my RCA media device.

http://www.any-dvd-converter.com/

http://www.slysoft.com/en/clonedvd-mobile.html

http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:RCA%20Ly...NlYwNzaWJzcGVj



I just now signed up for an account at Myspace to upload the sample file I converted to MP4 for you. Sorry I'm not familiar with any GOOD free sites to upload stuff onto. I could use some help there also, I guess.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...oid=1818175556
Myspace.com

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hmmm, stupid me, I should've told you to start with MPlayer, the magical "plays anything you throw at it" media player, anyway... It says - watch the console output for its log - that the movie is in a Quicktime/MOV container, the video stream is encoded with MPEG-4 and the audio stream with AAC (MPEG-2/4 Advanced Audio Coding).

Yes, AAC is not a well-supported format! You should either find another movie converter (tough luck, there are so many of them around, with so many advantages and disadvantages!) or try to change the settings of this one (audio settings, from AAC to something else, most compatible: MP3, or fully named "MPEG-1 audio layer 3").

[whoeverxxx]

Thanks for the research!!!!
The settings on both the programs I use are VERY basic, there is no where the sound output of a video file can be change. Does anyone have a suggestion on a program I should try?

[Joe Forster/STA]

As I wrote you, try AutoGordianKnot. It may not be as configurable as GordianKnot - that I use - but, consequently, it won't make you struggle with the conversion either.