QT Export to AppleTV

March 16, 2007   1 Comments It seems that Apple slipped in a extra feature in the latest QuickTime update. Through QuickTime's export option, "Movie to Apple TV" is now an option. The export creates a M4V file with H.264. This of course is the recommended file format and resolution for Apple TV. We get no options to play with either.



Interestingly, this option does not appear within iTunes. Only the 'Convert Section to iPod' option exists.

[edit] As several viewers pointed out, the export does not export to 640x480 as previously noted. I have now tried several movies, and it seems the final output is dependent on the initial movies resolution.

Example: I exported the Spiderman 3 Teaser. The original file was 1920x912 at 126.8 MB. After exporting it was 1280x608 at 51.5MB. That over half the original file size, while loosing about 40% of the pixels, both at 24fps.

Labels: AppleTV, QuickTime