Diggnation on iPhone 4

[jmathew]

I have been watching Diggnation and several other Rev3 shows on my iPhone 3G. I use iTunes to sync the podcasts each week. I have always used the "Small Quicktime" version in the iTunes store as it was the only version the 3G could handle (without having to re-encode).

Now that I have a iPhone 4, I was going to suggest that they create another iTunes version made specifically to take advantage of the crisp Retina Display, but I just downloaded the "Large Quicktime" version for several shows and it looks amazing. I suppose I could even download the HD version of the podcast and it would play in iPhone4, but I think "Large" is more than enough.

So for any of you who watch Rev3 shows on your iPhone and have been using "Small Quicktime", DEFINITELY switch to "Large Quicktime". The difference is stunning.

[logant]

Um the Large QuickTime has worked on the iPhone since the first iPhone came out. And you didn't need to reencode.

HD can work, but currently the revision3 shows don't work. I can download something in HD on the iTunes store and it will play in hd, but QuickTime hd recision3 shows will not play.

[jmathew]

Not true. On my 3G iPhone, larger quicktimes that I would drag from my computer to the iPhone icon in iTunes got re-encoded to a smaller 480 x 270 m4v file. Now, I can drag large .mov files and they stay .mov files.

[logant]

Well on my 3G and 3GS I could go to revision3.com on iPhone safari choose large QuickTime and it would start playing. So unless the iPhone is re-encoding the large QuickTime on the fly (which I don't think the 3G has the power to do that) I think it could always play it.

[jmathew]

oh, interesting. I only watch Revision3 content via iTunes as I watch them on my commute in the subway where my cell signal is very limited.

My original post was targeted at the iTunes podcast community.

[williamtm]

Not true. On my 3G iPhone, larger quicktimes that I would drag from my computer to the iPhone icon in iTunes got re-encoded to a smaller 480 x 270 m4v file. Now, I can drag large .mov files and they stay .mov files.

Strange - I never had a problem syncing the Large QuickTime versions on the iPhone 2G or 3GS - though I downloaded them through the podcasts section in iTunes so maybe that was something to do with it?

At the moment I've been watching the HD versions on the iPhone 4, but you have to feed them through Handbrake first and reencode them for it to work...annoying, sure, but at least it'll play / sync.

Within Handbrake I just choose the iPhone preset, then increase the video resolution to 1280x720 and it works fine - quality is decent and looks excellent on the iPhone 4. :)

Only downside to this is that it's a pain if you watch a lot of Rev3 shows, and it takes about a 35-50 minutes or so depending on the length of the show on my 2.6GHz Core 2 Duo.

[bigbadbob1982]

Strange - I never had a problem syncing the Large QuickTime versions on the iPhone 2G or 3GS - though I downloaded them through the podcasts section in iTunes so maybe that was something to do with it?

At the moment I've been watching the HD versions on the iPhone 4, but you have to feed them through Handbrake first and reencode them for it to work...annoying, sure, but at least it'll play / sync.

Within Handbrake I just choose the iPhone preset, then increase the video resolution to 1280x720 and it works fine - quality is decent and looks excellent on the iPhone 4. :)

Only downside to this is that it's a pain if you watch a lot of Rev3 shows, and it takes about a 35-50 minutes or so depending on the length of the show on my 2.6GHz Core 2 Duo.

I've converted divx files to iphone format and were large, can't recall the res at the moment and drug them into iTunes and never had a problem. Took just a minute or 2 for it to import 30 files or so. If it was reencoding them, it would take a hell of a lot longer.

Plus putting them onto my 3g takes just about as long as youd expect to transfer a few gb's over USB.

Both self made and downloaded from itunes are fine. I get the Large Quicktime, Quicktime Large, Large MP4 (seems several names over the years or different feeds, don't know but they work) and never had a problem.

[asy1mpo]

No need to download file and then drag the file into iTunes. Just download the podcast - go for the QuickTime large one

[techknology]

I just use the revision3 iPhone app... Just saying...