peeaanuut, not to jump in and pile on, here, but Your Mileage Will NOT Vary.
Encoding in Handbrake with AppleTV settings will ALWAYS result in a file that is incompatible with iPods and iPhones.
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Watching AppleTV with ipod settings using handbrake
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peeaanuut, not to jump in and pile on, here, but Your Mileage Will NOT Vary.
Encoding in Handbrake with AppleTV settings will ALWAYS result in a file that is incompatible with iPods and iPhones.
I would apologize about the wrong information. I had not used handbrake for a while (back when I first got my aTV I used it alot) and I could have sworn I used the aTV setting. I ran a rip last night just to make sure I was correct and it turns out I was wrong. So I apologize about that. I know for a fact that I use the aTV setting in visualhub and it does work on the iPhone. Sorry about that. 
Well he is not wrong. If you avoid the anamorphic settings with Handbrake the AppleTV will transfer and play on my iPod Classic.
I'm afraid he (and you) are wrong. Handbrake uses 'x264 (h.264 main)', anamorphic encoding, and b-frames when you use the AppleTV preset -- all of which are not compatible with any current iPod hardware.
I never said anything about not being able to use h.264 with an ipod or iphone; it's the preferred video codec. I just said that you cannot use the default AppleTV preset (which uses the options I listed above) and expect it to work with the iPod.
It was in your list and I was simply stating that the H.264 has nothing to do with it.