Most common video formats you should know!

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One of the most common uses of video converter software is converting video to play on an iPod or other MP3 player/ portable device. However, in the eyes of MP3 or PVP (personal video players) manufacturers all video formats are not created equal and each company has its format preferences. This is precisely why most video converter software comes with multiple format choices and video dimension options.

Here are the video formats you should know for specific MP3 devices.

Device

File Format

Video Dimentions

iPod Classic

MP4 (MPEG 4) or H.264

320 x 240

iPhone/ iPod Touch

MP4 (MPEG 4) or H.264

640 x 420

iPod Nano

MP4 (MPEG 4) or H.264

320 x 240

Sony PSP

MP4 (MPEG 4) or H.264

368 x 208

Zune

WMV

320 x 240

Creative Zen

WMV or AVI (Divx or Xvid)

320 x 240

Creative Zen M

WMV or AVI (Divx or Xvid)

320 x 240

Archos

WMV

480 x 272

Sandisk Sansa

WMV or AVI (Divx or Xvid)

320 x 240

Blackberry

MP4

320 x 240

Cell Phones(general)

3GP

depends on screen size

Back to my previous post Chooseing the best Video Converter, I guess you now have some general understanding of choosing the most suitable Video Converter for yourself. I will write a post about top 10 media converters in the recent future. At that time, you will become half media convert professional.