I-pad formats

[wolfmother]

Hi guys,

Does anyone know what format iPad can play in good quality?

I have looked at mp4 and it seemed to be encoded for a psp or iPod so it was not great quality.

Also do you know a program I can use to re encode my existing stuff straight to I pad

Thanks heaps

[lemmingllama]

mp4 or mov is what you want, its just that the Ipad has a bigger screen so ipod wont look as happy. The ipad resolution is 1024 by 768. So it can handle up to 720p. For full details of what it can support, click the spoiler.

AirPlay Mirroring to Apple TV support at 720p

Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 1080p with Apple Digital AV Adapter or Apple VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately)

Video out support at 576p and 480p with Apple Component AV Cable; 576i and 480i with Apple Composite AV Cable (cables sold separately)

Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 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; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

[rpm23]

A lot of the MKV stuff you will find there have h264 video and either mp3 or arc audio.

I've used some MKVTools to pull the h264 video stream out separately, and the same for the arc audio track, and then re-mux them into a .m4v container so that i could throw them into iTunes, and sync them with my iphone4 or ipad1

it was fairly quick since you are not "re-encoding" them (and not degrading the quality), you are just changing the "container" that they are grouped together in, into something that iTunes will take.

just use the regular size rips (DVD or 720 Blu-rays) since the screen is big enough.

[Dazzep]

I have an iPad and with the right tool, you can watch anything in 720p as long as it is 720p or higher of course. Download Hand brake, which is free, and you can encode your mkvs in m4v(which is mp4 really) with the h264 codec and you can even add chapter markers, subtitles and dual audio, of course with all of this your file might be just as big as the original, but you won't be disappointed with the quality…