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{{howto|Make your Video Files playable on an iPod}}

To play on this device, the file you copy to it needs to be of the correct format. This format is summarised below:
{|
| Video Codec
| '''h264''' ([[H.264]])
|-
| Audio Codec
| '''mp4a''' ([[MP4 audio]]), '''aac''' ([[AAC]])
|-
| [[Container]]
| '''mp4''' ([[MPEG-4|MPEG4/MOV]])
|-
| Size
| 320x240
|}

To make the video the correct size, you can edit the [[prefences]], or run vlc from a [[command prompt]].

<blockquote>
vlc "''input_filename''" :sout='#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp4a,audio-sync}:std{access=file, mux=mp4,url="''output_filename''"}' --sout-transcode-width=320 --sout-transcode-height=240 --aspect-rato=''width:height''
</blockquote>

This all goes on one line, and you'll need to fill in some of the values: the input and output filenames, plus the aspect ratio of the input file. By default vlc will stretch the video to the size specified by sout-transcode-height and width, but if you tell vlc the file's aspect ratio, it will scale and put a black border around it. The aspect ratio can be written as a ratio of width and height, with a colon between the two, or as a decimal.

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