luddite needs help coverting to ipod

[mumbles]

sorry if I have put this in the wrong place feel free to move it if you wish .

My question is, "Is there a simple step by step guide too convert an AVI file to a ipod playable movie?"

many thanks mumbles

[Arite]

There is quite a detailed one here (using the older wxWidgets interface):
http://wiki.videolan.org/IPod_Video_Conversion_Guide

However using 0.9.x you can go to:
Tools >> Convert / Save...

Select you file. Then in the "Stream Output" window select the "IPod (mp3/aac)" profile. Tick "File" and enter a destination (e.g. C:\OUT.mp4).

The video will probably need scaling so add e.g.:

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width=320,height=240

To the #transcode part of the sout string at the bottom of the window.

So for example:

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:sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,vb=800,scale=1,width=320,height=240,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}

When satisfied with the stream output parameters press "Save".

Arite.