Video on iPhone

iPhone is capable of playing three types of video content as detailed below. Being unable to play Adobe Flash content, one has to convert video to one of these formats. iTunes also will not accept any video unless in these formats.

iPhone Video Formats

Video Codec	H.264 (MPEG-4 part 10) Baseline Profile [apple]	H.264 (MPEG-4 part 10) Baseline Profile (up to Level 1.3) [apple]	MPEG-4 Simple Profile (MPEG-4 part 2) [apple]
Video Bandwidth	1.5 Mbps	768 Kbps	2.5 Mbps
Video Resolution	640x480	320x240	640x480
Video FPS	30	30	30
Audio Codec	AAC-LC (Low Complexity) Stereo Audio	AAC-LC (Low Complexity) Stereo Audio	AAC-LC (Low Complexity) Stereo Audio
Audio Bandwidth	160 Kbps	160 Kbps	160 Kbps
Audio Sampling Rate	48kHz	48kHz	48kHz
File Formats	.m4v .mp4 .mov	.m4v .mp4 .mov	.m4v .mp4 .mov