Reducing video file size for iPhone

Apologies if this is an old subject and already been answered.

I have a library of music videos i have downloaded from iTunes and i want to put them on my iPhone - but obviously don't need the full screen quality so trying to cut them 'down to size' to save of space usage on the iPhone.

I've tried opening them in Quicktime pro but the 'Export' option is greyed out. Is this because they are copyright protected ?

Is there any other software i can use to convert them to iPhone 'format/size'

I will post this on the iPhone forum as well.

Many thanks

Roxio Crunch is one option however its not really cheap...

Mp4 will also work but it costs $$ as well

Oops, wrong topic.

FishinFool said:

Roxio Crunch is one option however its not really cheap...

Mp4 will also work but it costs $$ as well

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Thanks, but i dont think there convert copyright protected video purchased on iTunes - well at least the product websites don't mention anything to this affect.

Yeah, you're right. Purchased videos from iTunes are Fairplay protected and can't be converted.

Having said that, I think most music videos are H.264 (which is really space efficient) and only have 320x240 (iPod video format) anyway, so you wouldn't be able to save much room....

Aptmunich said:

Yeah, you're right. Purchased videos from iTunes are Fairplay protected and can't be converted.

Having said that, I think most music videos are H.264 (which is really space efficient) and only have 320x240 (iPod video format) anyway, so you wouldn't be able to save much room....

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Not sure i understand. I can play the music vids i buy on iTunes on a 42inch LCD TV (via AppleTV). Surely they can be compressed down considerably to be watchable on a 5inch display.

Just because you can stretch the video up to 42 inches, doesn't mean that it actually that large. But I just checked, and it looks as though they've bumped the videos up to 640 x 480. (Which is still not even close to the HD resolution on your LCD TV, but still better than 320x480).

The iPhone's display is 480-by-320, at 160dpi, so there's not a huge amount of difference there. Sure you could squeeze out a few megabytes of space, but since you can't convert them anyway I suppose the point is moot.