Getting DVD's into your iPod

02/01/08 15:52
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OK, you have some great movies and want to get them into your new iPod. It should be easy but there is a program that you need and it takes time..a whole lotta time to compress them onto your iPod. However the program is open source and free so rejoice, what we lose in time we make up in keeping the wallet closed.




Getting DVD's onto your iPod


1. Download Handbrake light here.


2. insert your DVD—one you own , of course—and then launch the application; in the dialog that appears, choose DVD Drive.


3. Next you perform the other two necessary steps: First, you choose which track to rip from the DVD; it’s usually 1, but you generally want to choose the longest track or the one that best matches the movie’s length.


4. Click Rip...and then wait...and wait...and wait. Seriously, compressing and converting video is a slow process. To give you an idea of how long it takes, a movie of 1 hour 49 minutes, on two different Macs took about 1 hour and 11 minutes.


5. When conversion is finished, simply drag the resulting .mp4 movie file into iTunes, and the next time you sync, the movie will be copied to your iPod.


Now keep in mind that the movie studios are saying that it's illegal to do this even if you own the movie but then the RIAA is also saying that it's illegal to copy music from YOUR CD's onto your Mac so use good judgement here.

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