iPodifier - videos to iPod

[joepic]

Complete iPod video transcoding/management software

http://ipodifier.com/

What is iPodifier?

If you have TiVo, Windows Media Center, SageTV or some other device to capture TV content, iPodifier will automatically grab the content from these sources and put it on your iPod, nicely organized into video playlists. You missed The Daily Show lastnight? It will be on your iPod for the train ride in the morning.

Basically, iPodifier is an application that automates the process of getting videos onto your iPod. Unlike other transcoding software that simple re-encodes the video into an iPod compatible format, iPodifier takes it a few steps further. iPodifier automates the entire process of getting video from any source onto your iPod.

iPodifier will automatically:

Check for new video
Transcode new video into an iPod compatible format
Add the transcoded video to iTunes
Organize videos into video playlists
Sync your iPod

In addition to automating these basic functions, iPodifier also does the following:

Accepts video from a wide variety of sources (i.e. TiVo, Bittorrent, SageTV, Windows Media Center)
Monitors multiple video source directories for new video and adds new videos to the transcoding queue
Manage quotas for TV shows (i.e. lets you set how many South Park's you want to keep on your iPod)
Creates a Podcast for any show (comming soon)
Video preview window allows you to preview any of your source or transcoded iPod videos

What's new in iPodifier v1.0.0.6:

Better integration with iTunes - TV shows are now imported into iTunes as TV shows (Movies as Movies). Show art can be added that will show up in iTunes "Cover Flow" view

Podcast feeds can be created for each show - This gives you the option of adding TV shows to iTunes as podcasts instead of TV shows. If you have family members with their own iPod, you can store the iPod videos on a server and each family member can subscribe to only the show feeds that they want on their iPod. For those who want iPodifier to run on a different computer than have iTunes on, this allows iPod video to be added by using a Podcast feed. Check the google group for help on how to use the podcast feed feature.

[crash447]

Been trying this program and it does not seem that simple to get up and running. Still trying to figure out how to get it to convert something, but my main question is how does it handle 16x9 source video. If it crops it to 4x3 it is no use to me. I have tried looking at the information, but I really can't figure it out.

Thanks,
John