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Originally Posted by MickMcGeough
Depends on the type of videos you download. I download almost exclusively MKV x264 files, which the Apple TV can actually decode just fine, it just doesn't like the MKV container. You don't need to do any video conversion, it just has to be remuxed into something Apple TV likes.
There's an app called iFlicks that does this automatically, and imports the video into iTunes, complete with metadata. The only system I've seen that does a better job of importing videos to it's library and scraping for metadata retrieval is XBMC. It's really, really simple and really fast (less than a minute).
If you are still using xvids or something you need to re-encode, but everything is available in x264 MKVs or MP4s (or M4Vs) now, so there's no reason to download xvids.
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Yeah to me that sounds like just enough hassle to make it annoying, though. You can throw any video format at a PS3 and it loves it. I don't download stuff too often though, but if I ditch cable TV completely I'll probably have to more so I'm looking for the option that will make my life the easiest.