i have converted some files to MPEG-4 for my 30 Gig ipod. i cannot get them to play on my ipod. What is wrong

Question

i have converted some files to MPEG-4 for my 30 Gig ipod. i cannot get them to play on my ipod. What is wrong ????

I have put the files into itunes, and updated my ipod. What else do i need to do??

Answer 1

I doubt if they are in the right format. iTunes is notorious withe their isolated codec which allows you to do nothing with it. It is actually an Mp4p. Check and see you are using the right codec, which I doubt you are!

iTunes tracks are heavy into digital rights management. dMC (dBpowerAMP Music Converter) cannot decode .m4p files.

Your options for converting include:
a) Burning these tracks to audio cd and ripping them to another format
c) Recording them using as they play on your soundcard by something like dMC Auxiliary Input
c) Using one of these programs to convert .m4p to .m4a which dMC can decode:
- Hymn or iOpener (both available from the Hymn website here: http://www.hymn-project.org/ )
- iFreesoft (available for download from here: www.iFreesoft.com ). - no longer available

There is also a program called TuneBite which is designed to help record protected files off of your soundcard as you play them into non-protected copies. See this link here: http://www.tunebite.com/

Once you have converted the file to .m4a you should then be able to use dMC to convert the file to .wav or .wma or .mp3 (you will need to download the AAC/MP4 decoder codec to be able to convert the .m4a file, and the WMA codec if you want to convert to .wma, these can be found at Codec Central).

there have had occasional reports of difficulties with being able to convert these .m4a files, which may be related to Apple's habit of trying to thwart efforts to break their DMR (digital rights management) efforts. But here we mostly hear about the problem cases.

The other strategy open to you is to play your .m4p tracks in iTunes or other player (RealPlayer may be able to play them, but you may need a plug-in). If you can play the file then you should be able to record the file to a format of your choice using dBpowerAMP Auxilary Input ( dMC FAQ: http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=5362 ).

Answer 2

Apple is tricky and will make you buy more software. ImTOO is a provider of a program to convert media files into .iPod files.. I dont believe video ipods will read any type of video file, especially not MPEG-4 for piracy reasons.

Two things you could do is buy the program to convert, or buy things from the itunes store..

Or do illegal things which I am not responsible for

Answer 3

try converting your videos to mp4 forgat again, but follow these step by step instructions.

here's how you do it step by step
1) download videora for free http://www.videohelp.com/~pspvideo9/vide...
2) once its downloaded, open videora
3) click on convert
4) click on "one click transcoder"
5) choose the video/movie that you want to convert from your shared folder
6) click on open
your movie/video will start converting to mp4 format, wait until its complete
7) once conversion is complete, open your itunes folder
8) select import
9) select c:\programfiles
10) select videora ipod converter
11) select videos
12) double click on the video/movie you want to import
13) itunes will now add your movie or video to your library

this should work. good luck.

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Answer 4

you take your videos to your iTunes library and then it is like your music