I downloaded the following video to iTunes, where it plays just fine:

http://feeds.nps.nl/~r/nova-vodcast/...b.20071210.mov

However, when I try to sync it to my iPhone, a dialog box shows up telling me that the iPhone cannot play the file and therefore it will not be copied to the phone.

I looked up the techical specs on the iPhone page at apple.com and as far as I understand .mov files are supposed to play on the iPhone.

Why not in my case?

Thanks,
R o n

Convert with Quicktime.

Originally Posted by Don_Ron

I looked up the techical specs on the iPhone page at apple.com and as far as I understand .mov files are supposed to play on the iPhone.
Why not in my case?

Because .mov is the container and can contain a lot of different codec, mp4 and H.264 for instance.

Video
Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

http://www.@pple.com/iphone/specs.html (replace the @ by a)

Originally Posted by NotFound

Convert with Quicktime.

How to use Quicktime to convert .mov files. Or do I need Quicktime Pro to do so? My installed Quicktime Player (that came with iTunes) seems only to be able to play files.

And.. what format to convert the .mov into?

Thank again.
R o n

This free converter will turn pretty much any video file into iPhone compatable.

And its free.

http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/

Free. dont get foold by spmrs!

Or for the Mac use MPEG streamclip - free. You export to Mpeg 4.

iSquint on Mac also can do the job.

Originally Posted by DeadRobot

This free converter will turn pretty much any video file into iPhone compatable.

And its free.

http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/

Free. dont get foold by spmrs!

Yes, that worked fine for me. Thanks for your and other's suggestions!

R o n