On 5 Feb 2010, at 12:02, Andrew Daviel wrote: > ... > I found "-lavfopts format=ipod" in the mencoder manpage, so my > command looked like > $ mencoder -of lavf -lavfopts format=ipod -oac faac -ovc x264 > foobar.avi -o foobar.m4v > (plus other options you suggest) > iTunes silently refuses to add the result to the library, so I don't > actually know if it will play on the hardware since I have no way of > getting it there. Quicktime player won't play it, saying "an invalid > sample description was found". Have you tired "-o foobar.mp4" ? If this allows you to add to iTunes, but not play on the iPod then I think this may be related to IDC levels. http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mencoder-users/2008-September/009414.html Stroller.