Change container on xvid or divx to .MOV and play on AppleTV?

[powerbook911]

Hi,

So you can take a divx or xvid video in quicktime and save as a .mov with no encoding, and iTunes will play it no problem. However, will Apple TV?

Thanks for the help.

 

[QuarterSwede]

Hi,

So you can take a divx or xvid video in quicktime and save as a .mov with no encoding, and iTunes will play it no problem. However, will Apple TV?

Thanks for the help.

I don't know how that's even possible in iTunes (Quicktime really). As far as I know, OS X doesn't care what the extension is. If the file is really a divx, even if you rename it .mov, OS X will know it's still a divx file. OS X isn't as dumb as Windows in this regard.

 

[powerbook911]

I don't know how that's even possible in iTunes (Quicktime really). As far as I know, OS X doesn't care what the extension is. If the file is really a divx, even if you rename it .mov, OS X will know it's still a divx file. OS X isn't as dumb as Windows in this regard.

Thanks for the help. It really does work for me inside OS X, but I guess Apple TV won't have everything my computer has to play it.

But yeah I put divx and xvid in itunes all the time by just changing the container to .mov.

I have encoded so many things in xvid (like home videos), and I sure wish they could be played on Apple TV. Oh well.

 

[bradc]

So what format(s) will iTunes/AppleTV play?

.mov, .mp4 and what else?

 

[powerbook911]

So what format(s) will iTunes/AppleTV play?

.mov, .mp4 and what else?

I think that is it on the video front, and it can't just be .mov. It has to be H264 or MPEG4 in the .mov container.

 

[traderx1]

i have tried this

i have all my xvid/movies in my macpro itunes using the above mentioned .mov format/link

UNFORTUNATELY it does NOT work. I tried streaming to AppleTV. It does not even show up on the AppleTV movie section. Whereas a proper Itunes Movie will show up, as expected.

This is a bummer..hopefully someone will somehow find a way

 

[nzvafds]

You have to encode divx to mp4/h.264 first, then transfer to Apple TV. It seems that Apple TV doesn't recognize mov formats?