Super question

[clothesburner626]

First, went to Apple this morning. This is one of the video formats iPod accepts:

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

When I open Super and select Apple - iPod in the output container window and H.264/AVC in the output video codec window the program defaults to this:

Video Section

Video Scale size for Apple - iPod = 320 x 240
Aspect = 4:3
Frame/Sec = 25
Bitrate = 672

Audio Section

Sampling Freq = 22050
Channels = 2
Bitrate = 48

Refer back to the video format above that iPod accepts.

Super defaults to 25 frames per second, iPod accepts 30.... what do I do here? Go with the default? Is this setting dependent on the frames per second of the original or can I go with whatever I want? Obviously, if I know the fps of the original is 29.97 I'll want to stick with that - or do I? Most times, I do not / will not know what the frames per second of the original was or is.

Super also defaults to a bitrate of 672. Will raising this to 768 Kbps improve the quality or just make my file bigger? These are going to be loaded onto a server so I want to conserve as much space as possible, however if there'll be a significant change in quality, I'd be willing to go the 768 Kbps route.

Also, notice the Sampling Freq and bitrate in the audio section. Super defaults to 22050/48. iPod accepts 48000/160. My opinion is to go with the highest audio quality setting possible. That way, the audio cannot be degraded in any kind of way. For example, if the audio of the original is 44100/96, a setting of 48000/160 will not degrade it; a setting of 22050/48 (the setting Super defaults to) will.

Thanks for your responses.... and wish me luck. I've been working on this for a couple of days now.

[Baldrick]

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