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Exporting Container Fill Movies to iPodTM
| For those unaware, the Apple iPod is a popular digital music player that can also (in its last iteration) support video playback. Quick Pallet Maker version 4.1 now includes an option for exporting box, pallet and container fill movies to the same size of the iPod screen (320x240 pixels). This is useful for people who work in a shipping dock and want to recall the order of each pallet, box or drum for loading in a specific container. All they would need to do is to carry their iPod with the movies generated by Quick Pallet Maker (yes, no printouts, just a cool music player) to see how everything fits. |
| The first step is to calculate a container fill. You can use any of the examples in this page for reference. Once the container is ready, choose File -> Export -> Container -> Movie (320x240). Note that it works best if "Video" is chosen in the compression settings. The movie to the right (click the drawing) shows how to create a container with boxes and save it to a 320x240 movie. Note that (free) QuickTime needs to be installed prior to running QPM. |
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| The next step is to run iTunes to open the recently saved movie file. Before you can sync it with your iPod, you still need to convert it to iTunes by choosing the appropriate option from the "Advanced" menu. Once this has been done. It is a good idea to add some information to the video itself to be able to find it later in the iPod. Once this process has been completed, you can update your iPod and the container movie should be available for viewing. |
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