HOWTO Put Porn On Your iPod

Last updated: Saturday, November 5, 2005

Download and run ffmpegX. Follow the instructions to download and install all the necessary helper applications.
In ffmpegX, click Open and select your porn. Under Target Format, select PSP, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Selecting the proper preset
Switch to the Video tab. Under Video parameters, the Video Size defaults to 320 x 240, as shown in Figure 2, but you can increase both the width and the height up to 480. If you change the video size, be sure to maintain the original aspect ratio. ffmpegX doesn’t do this automatically, and if you get it wrong, the video will be stretched horizontally or vertically when you view it on your iPod. Yuck.

Figure 2. Setting the movie size
Switch to the Audio tab. Under Audio parameters, the Audio bitrate defaults to 32, as shown in Figure 3. You can increase it up to 160 if you like. Higher bitrate = higher quality audio. On the other hand, if you don’t want any audio at all (silent porn!), unselect the Encode audio checkbox.

Figure 3. Selecting the audio bitrate
Optional - Switch to the Options tab and check High Quality and Two-pass encoding, as shown in Figure 4. This yields higher quality output, at the expense of longer encoding time.

Figure 4. Selecting 2-pass encoding
Click Encode. ffmpegX will display a progress window, as shown in Figure 5. This is actually a separate application called ffmpegX Progress. Once you see the progress window, you can switch back to ffmpegX and safely quit.

Figure 5. Encoding progress
When encoding is finished, quit ffmpegX Progress and run iTunes. The encoded .mp4 file will have a random name (not based on the original movie). Drag it to the iTunes library and rename it, or select Add to Library… from the File menu and browse to find it.