were not copied to this iPod... becaue they cannot be played on this iPod"

I had an .avi file, converted it with ImToo iPod movie converter. I have a 30gb ipod, and the newest version of itunes. After converting the movie to mp4, i added it to itunes which worked fine. however, when i tried to add it to my iPod, this message came up:
"___was not copied to this iPod... because it cannot be played on this iPod"
Any suggestions? It has done it with some music videos as well that were already mp4s.

 

I had this problem b4. all i did was shorten the name of the file i was putting into the ipod.
ex.Wwe - Tlc (Triangle Ladder Match) - Wrestlemania Xvi - Hardy Boyz Vs Dudley Boyz Vs Edge & Christian.mp4
i shortened it to WWE Wrestlemania 17 - Trangle Ladder Match.
and it started transfering.
So try and shorten the name of the file u wanna transfer.

 

While I've only encountered problems with long file names when adding them to iTunes, Snake's is particularly long so I could see that posing a problem.

I'm not really familiar with ImToo does it have settings that can be changed? Such as resolution, framerate, bitrate et cetera?

Look on Apples website under Tech Specs for the iPod and make sure your converted videos fit those constraints.

If your still having trouble post back and we can work from there

 

Alright, here are the properties from the original .avi file (I was checking the mp4 that I have already converted and I noticed the sound was out of sync, so i need to fix that too) :

Summary:
Duration: 01:34:08
Bit rate: 1036kbps
Video:
Format: mpeg4
Size: 576x304
Frame rate: 23.98fps
Audio:
Format: ac3
Bit rate: 192kbps
Sample rate: 48000Hz
Channels: Stereo

I can change all these settings in imToo. So what settings do i need to have it on so that the audio is in sync and it can meet the requirements of my 30gb iPod.

 

That video is just above the limits of the iPod Here is what the iPod can handle

Video formats supported:
H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;

MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file

 

Alright, I tried to change it to those settings in imToo, but i'm not sure it's accurate. What do I need to lower?

 

I'm not sure what your asking.

 

Nevermind, it worked. Thanks for all you help!

 

No problem, glad to help!

 

where am i making this video go to?

 

I am also using imtoo ipod movie converter and am having the same problem, im converting my files to mpeg4 with audio bit rate 96, video bit rate 1200, size 320x240 and 23 FPS and i get the same error message as HalosGur1. The size of the files is roughly 700mg (they are full movies) and the duration is from about 1hr 30mins up to about 2hrs 20mins. WHY WONT IT WORK ON MY IPOD? Im getting very annoyed with it. (mine are also AVIs)

 

Hi HalosGur1,

Could you post your solution!?

Thanks,
K

 

I just changed the audio rate so it was the same or even less than the original rate. then it should be in sync. after that, you have to go into itunes and rightclick the movie and click 'convert selection' for iPod. It'll take about 3 hours, but at least it plays on there.

 

I have converted .swf to .mp4 to play with 80GB Apple iPod, using Super@erightsoft software but while playing the audio is coming after playing the video, I mean to say audio and video are not in sync.

Please let me know if any any params have to be changed to get audio and video in sync.

Video formats applied:
H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;

 

You need to test with different FPS. Try 24, because that's what I do with my videos. ;-)

 

Hi, I have a similar problem with a video 1:13:10 long, MPG format (converted to MPG using Videora iPod Converter). I tried to drag and drop the video from iTunes to my iPod, but a popup came up reading "'My Sassy Girl (Part 1)' was not copied to the iPod 'Ronald' because it cannot be played on this iPod." I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing wrong...I've put plenty of videos on my iPod before with no hitches...I should have enough room for it...the title's not too long, and I'm not too sure about the details...not exactly tech-savvy enough to find that out. But any help would be appreciated!

 

You have to convert to MPEG-4 format, not MPEG.

 

Good evening all.

I am getting the dreaded "cannot be played on this ipod" message too.
I'm converting from MPG to MPEG-4 using Videora.
The conversion runs fine and the resulting video and audio play back correctly in Itunes 7, but Itunes will not download the video to my ipod.

I tried asking for support on the Redkawa forum and give the folks there credit for responding, though the tone of the replies was pretty short and, worse still, did not resolve the problem. The irritating thing is that one (and just one) file I converted the same way DOES download to my 30GB ipod and plays fine.

I'm attaching the header and footer of the Videora console log below and already shortened the mpeg-4 filename using "right-click/Get Info" on the file in Itunes.

Thanks in advance for any/all help or hints.
Brgds
Amenon

CONSOLE LOG HEADER SECTION

FFmpeg version SVN-r8047, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-swscaler --enable-pthreads --enable-liba52 --enable-avisynth --enable-libdts --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-x264 --enable-xvid --enable-amr_nb --enable-amr_wb --cpu=i686 --enable-memalign-hack --extra-ldflags=-static
libavutil version: 49.3.0
libavcodec version: 51.34.0
libavformat version: 51.10.0
built on Feb 21 2007 23:20:24, gcc: 4.3.0 20070126 (experimental)
Input #0, mpeg, from 'E:\Video files\2006 07 Teos, Turkey\Working files\Teos Part I.mpg':
Duration: 00:22:22.3, start: 0.729367, bitrate: 1390 kb/s
Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg1video, yuv420p, 352x288, 1150 kb/s, 25.00 fps(r)
Stream #0.1[0x1c0]: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s
Output #0, mp4, to 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Converted Videos\iPod\H264\Teos Turkey July 2007 Part I.mp4':
Stream #0.0: Video: h264, yuv420p, 320x260, q=10-51, 512 kb/s, 25.00 fps(c)
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
[h264 @ 009C3820]width or height not divisible by 16 (320x260), compression will suffer.
[h264 @ 009C3820]using SAR=244/225
[h264 @ 009C3820]using cpu capabilities MMX MMXEXT SSE
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame= 5 q=19.0 size= 0kB time=0.2 bitrate= 1.4kbits/s
frame= 9 q=19.0 size= 9kB time=0.1 bitrate= 827.2kbits/s
frame= 14 q=19.0 size= 13kB time=0.3 bitrate= 341.1kbits/s


CONSOLE LOG FOOTER SECTION

frame=33577 q=51.0 size= 105074kB time=1342.8 bitrate= 641.0kbits/s
frame=33588 q=51.0 size= 105074kB time=1343.3 bitrate= 640.8kbits/s
frame=33593 q=28171.0 Lsize= 105791kB time=1343.6 bitrate= 645.0kbits/s

video:84253kB audio:20821kB global headers:1kB muxing overhead 0.681411%
[h264 @ 009C3820]slice I:225 Avg QP:24.74 size: 7832
[h264 @ 009C3820]slice P:33368 Avg QP:27.40 size: 2533
[h264 @ 009C3820]mb I I16..4: 22.7% 0.0% 77.3%
[h264 @ 009C3820]mb P I16..4: 4.1% 0.0% 7.5% P16..4: 50.2% 18.3% 3.1% 0.4% 0.1% skip:16.3%
[h264 @ 009C3820]final ratefactor: 23.63
[h264 @ 009C3820]ref P 84.7% 8.0% 4.2% 1.7% 1.5%
[h264 @ 009C3820]SSIM Mean Y:0.9504786
[h264 @ 009C3820]kb/s:513.7
EXEC: C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\AddToItunes\AddToItunes.exe -add "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Converted Videos\iPod\H264\Teos Turkey July 2007 Part I.mp4"

iTunes Library Tool 2.0
(C) 2007 Red Kawa Inc.
http://www.redkawa.com

Successfully added file to iTunes Library

 

Make sure that you are adding the new converted file, not the old un-converted one. It doesn't transform your file into MPEG-4, it just makes a new file which is MPEG-4. In the settings you should be able to pick where you want the converted file to go after converting is done.

 

Thank you for the hint Jazo, but I'm don't have much doubt on that front for two reasons.

Firstly because Videora automatically executes an import of the converted file to Itunes.
This file gave me the "will not play" message.

Secondly, Videora writes the converted output MPEG-4 file to a specific directory called H264 which is nowhere near the source file directory. I deleted the file automatically imported to Itunes then did a file import to Itunes from the H264 directory. Still no luck.

One additional thought: when I try to export the video file from Itunes to the Ipod it takes quite a long time (20-30 sec) before the "will not play" message is dispplayed. I wonder if Itunes checks the file in some way and finds something it doesn't like? But what? I hope something in the log I posted above might lead to some ideas.

Anyhow - thank you again for your suggestion and please let me know if I might be doing something wrong even given the above.

Best regards
Amenon