Please help me about converting avi (xvid) to MP4 (Ipod touch 4g)

[jolo]

While I have been encoding videos for many years, I am a total dunce when it comes to how to do this for my son's Ipod touch 4g.
The 4g is different from the other Ipods, in that it can play high-res video.
I am wanting to convert a videos that are in wither Xvid or Divx format (Avi) to MP4, suitable for the Ipod touch 4g.
here are the official playing specs:

• H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

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

Normally, I will be using Virtualdub, as I have 100s of times, but I am usually encoding TO Divx or Xvid, from various formats, to be played on PCs/Laptops (Windows or Linux), DVD players (usually Divx compliant), my old Palm Tungsten T3 and my Android Samsung Galaxy Tab.
On all of these, I like to end up as an AVI, which Apple doesn't like. Also, on all of these, I have a lot of flexibility for video players, firmware, etc. But now, I am what I call, "Apple Prison", it is all proprietary.

I do have a bunch of encoders in Virtualdub and I also just downloaded FFCoder v1.2.0.5.
The issue is that for encoding, I don't know what to select in both FFCoder or Virtualdub, with the X264vfw-H264 or FFDshow.

Can someone help guide me?

Thanks,

Jon
Thanks in advance

[hech54]

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/335658-iPod-Touch-4G-Video-Settings-Programs

[p_l]

You might also want to give EncodeHD a spin.

https://www.videohelp.com/guides/extremely-simple-way-to-encode-for-ipods-using-encodehd-id1133

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