Problems with Quicktime Export

[greenguy4]

So I downloaded the new quicktime and I tried to export my home movies to 320x240 using quickite export and for some reason it wil begin exporting and then it won't ever finsh. I am not sure if this is because my computer doesnt have enough power but I left it going all night and none of the exports exceeded about 10% done... Does it tak you guys this long also?

 

[VanMac]

Do you have Quicktime Pro?

Can you not export your movies to desired format with iMovie?

 

[liketom]

i have found exporting to the ipod format that it will stay around the 10% mark for some time but it will do it in the end

sayin that it was a 350mb video file i was converting

i am sure apple will speed this up in the next round of software updates

 

[asherman13]

I think that maybe we are missing an important point here. The new ipod is about video and from what I have read, video content must be converted to .m4V to be playable on the ipod. Now unless you download all your videos from the itunes store this means converting your video files using the latest version of Quicktime Pro. For the sake of testing I have just exported 30 seconds of home movie footage, into M4v with Quicktime Pro on my 800mhz imac, it took a full 27 mins!! Call that 1 minute for 1 second of Video, so and hour long video is going to take 60 hrs or 2 and a half days to convert! This makes the hour that it is going to take to load it on to your ipod look a bit insignificant. I shall do some more tests with different video formats to see what difference it makes, but basically, you are going to need a Mac with some serious power to get the conversion down to sensible times. It is therefore going to be new-ish computer and have USB 2.0. For interest sake original mpeg file size 86mb M4v size 13.1mb

-from this thread

hope that helps; are the videos to go onto the new ipod?

 

[homerjward]

ive found that exporting to ipod format (from windows version) is extremely slow, but normal h.264 at 320x240 is fine

 

[asherman13]

this only applies to dvd ripping but...

this is as illegal as you can get; found it in this thread. haven't tried it yet, not sure if it helps, but yea...