Convert To iPod Video--No Sound?!?!

[TheConfuzed1]

I have an mpg video. I used Quicktime Pro to convert it to an iPod friendly video.

The video looks amazing! It is clean and crisp, but there is no sound!

There is no sound in neither iTunes, nor on the iPod itself.

Is my mpg just fubar?

[GMaq]

Hi,
If I'm not mistaken QTPro even with the MPEG-2 playback plug-in will not transcode MPEG audio to AAC audio which is what the iPod uses, If you can look at the settings you're using to export you will probably notice the Audio settings will be greyed out. IMO this is a major downfall to QTPro. There are some free converters like Videora iPod converter (Look in Tools section of this site) that will do what you want, however Nero Digital Pro (Nero Recode) which costs about the same as QT Pro works very well too. Cheers!

[GMaq]

OOPs!!
just realized I posted in the Mac Forum so disregard the (Windows) software recommendations, however the problem still is QTPro not transcoding MPEG Audio. Later, GMaq

[rumplestiltskin]

You may need the mpeg2 codec from Apple. It's an extra cost option. Alternatively, try MPEG StreamClip or iSquint or ffmpegX (0.0.9s, the 9t version is occasionally buggy).

[macuser25]

Toast 7 has export features which can convert mpeg files to mpeg4 or h.264... either will work fine with iPod.

It has a built-in mpeg1 and mpeg2 and ac3 decoder so it can easily do the job you want.

[AntnyMD]

If you like to tweak your settings, since you already have QuickTime Pro, use MPEG Streamclip. You can encode to Apple MPEG4, H.264, 3ivx or Xvid and these will play on your pod.

iSquint works with fewer clicks, and has an easy to understand interface. It uses Xvid and H264. The progress bar is reflective of where you are in the encode, but the text beneath it (saying "Approximately 16 minutes left to encode...") has no basis in reality.

[TheConfuzed1]

Thanks for the replies. I'll look into some of those options. I do have Toast. I'll try it.