transcoding to m4a for ipod nano

[Robert Hogan]

On Thursday 28 December 2006 13:46, Martin Aumueller wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> the transcoded m4a files always played on my ipod nano 1G. So I have no
> idea, what might cause your problems.
>
> The reason for not being able to select the destination format for ipods is
> that I thought that it doesn't really matter, as it is only copied onto the
> ipod (as long as it works, of course). So I didn't want to clutter the
> interface with an unnecessary config option. I chose m4a as the default, as
> I heard that ipods use less power with m4a than with mp3. I don't know if
> this is true. But there are many people preferring mp3, so I think I will
> make mp3 the default for 1.4.5.
>
> Martin
>

Thanks for that Martin. It's not clear to me from the source where I can set 
this in the meantime - could you point out the place in the relevant source 
file?

Thanks,
Robert

> On Thursday 28 December 2006 11:58, Robert Hogan wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > The transcoding options for transferring files to a player allow you to
> > transcode files 'compatible' with the player. In the case of the ipod
> > nano, this appears to be m4a. However, the m4a files created by
> > transkode, while they play fine in amarok itself, do not play on my
> > (wife's) ipod nano.
> >
> > Has anyone else experienced this? Anyone know why they don't work on the
> > ipod? My workaround is to transcode (from ogg) to mp3 before
> > transferring, but it would be nice to figure out what I need to do to
> > transcode successfully on the fly.
> >
> > Finally, is there a reason you're not allowed to select the format you'd
> > like to convert to when transferring to a player?
> >
> > Robert
>
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