how to get DVD's onto my iPod

June 20, 2006 2:24 PM

need help getting DVDs to my iPod

I have a MAC OS X and I just got a new iPod with video and was wondering if it was posible to rip my DVDs onto my computer then transfer them to my iPod.
Thanks in advance for any help.

posted by The Boy to technology (8 answers total)

previously
posted by nitsuj at 2:29 PM on June 20, 2006

just realized the previous was for Windows. This Google search should get you started.
posted by nitsuj at 2:32 PM on June 20, 2006

Handbrake and the new instant version are your friend.
posted by mikeh at 2:32 PM on June 20, 2006

How to rip DVDs for your iPod using Handbrake.

For most video files, I can recommend iSquint which together with KeepVid allows you to easily (2-step process) take any Youtube video and get it into ipod format.
posted by vacapinta at 2:37 PM on June 20, 2006

The last iPod video guide you'll ever need
posted by Mwongozi at 2:46 PM on June 20, 2006

I second Handbrake. Handbrake Lite is probably what you're looking for.
posted by cynthia_rose at 2:57 PM on June 20, 2006

If you just copy files to the iPod like it's a hard drive, will they show up somewhere in the menus? (My last iPod, which lasted quite a while, was a 1G—I'm getting a 5G in a couple of days.)
posted by oaf at 4:36 PM on June 20, 2006

oaf: No, unfortunately.
posted by Zozo at 5:41 PM on June 20, 2006