iTunes – HD TV Episodes
Well with the release of iTunes v8 today I was wondering a couple of things about the new “HD” content.
First, what do they consider HD setting wise for the video? Next can I copy it to my iPod touch v2.1 firmware?
So I downloaded the free HD episode of BSG and below are the video specs. I also found it would copy to my iPod touch. It just finished sync’ing to my AppleTV so more later after I go, test the episode for all of our listener/readers. Yeah I know the things we subject ourselves to for all of you. 
One last note, by comparison. The resolution for an episode of Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog is 640×360.
Battlestar Galactica HD Episode - He That Believeth In Me:
Um…George, When you download an HD video, it also downloads the SD version…That is what copied to your iPod Touch…The actual HD version of that episode is 1.5GB. I am downloading now, so i cannot tell you the resolution & bitrate on that file. Just download another free episode…30 Rock, Secrets & lies…Watch your download queue & see it has 2x downloads for the same video! Thanks for the Post though!
Comment by ramii — September 9, 2008 @ 8:12 pm
Sorry for the second pst! deleted.
Comment by ramii — September 9, 2008 @ 8:23 pm
The HD copy must be hidden then and I will have to dig for it. Those specs are from what I just simply dragged to the desktop out of iTunes.
*update* That is only movie file I can find for that episode in my itunes folder structure. Either that is as HD as it gets or they don't give you the HD for free despite what the iTunes store indicated.
Comment by georgestarcher — September 10, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
I have found that it actually downloads two files but the SD usually overwrites the HD version, so you're left with just one video file.
In order to combat it, I renamed the HD file after it downloaded and then resumed the SD download. That seemed to work pretty well.
Hopefully Apple fixed that little bug soon.
Comment by kennon — September 15, 2008 @ 10:08 am
I have found that it actually downloads two files but the SD usually overwrites the HD version, so you’re left with just one video file.rnrnIn order to combat it, I renamed the HD file after it downloaded and then resumed the SD download. That seemed to work pretty well. rnrnHopefully Apple fixed that little bug soon.
Comment by kennon — September 15, 2008 @ 5:08 pm