apple ships video ipod

Apple - iPod

The long awaited, much speculated video iPod is here. This thing can play back H.264 and MPEG2 videos. The specs are quite decent and although this isn't HDTV quality, the 480x480 MPEG2 decode is quite decent. This now fits in the niche of the iPod Photo/iPod and is designated simply iPod.

H.264 video: up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 mbps, 480 x 480, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats