Will IPhone 3 play videos encoded in H264 format?

Question

Please point any good resources that talk at length on video formats

Answer 1

Quick answer : YES

Long anwser :

The video technologies in iOS support the playback of movie files with the .mov, .mp4, .m4v, and .3gp filename extensions and using the following compression standards:

H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second,

Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

  H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per second,

Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

  MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per

second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

From the official website