For many iPod owners the idea of watching your favourite movies on the go is really appealing. You happily buy your iPod and some DVD’s and then realise it’s not so easy to just move them onto your iPod. You aren’t doing anything illegal; you have a right to watch the movie you bought on your iPod.
Apple has finally realised this and is now very slowly adding iPod versions of movies onto DVDs. This means you just have to pop in the DVD, put in a code, and your movie will be added to your iPod perfectly. But while we wait for that to get into full swing we still want to watch movies on the go. You can buy all these weird and wonderful pieces of software or you can do it all free!
Here is the step by step guide to getting your DVD to your iPod.
3) Put your DVD into the disk drive of your computer. The DVD43 face should be happy once you have done this.
4) Open Handbrake
5) Under source, click browse and locate your DVD. Look for the VIDEO_TS folder and click on it. Then click OK. Handbrake will read your disk.
6) Under the Source Title select the longest time, this is usually the movie.
7) Under destination put the location you want your iPod ready file to be saved and give the file a name.
8) Select your iPod from the white box on the right.
9) Click the video tab and select 2-Pass Encoding
10) Click the start button in the top left hand corner
11) Your movie will now be made. This may take a few hours depending on your computer speed.
12) When your movie is done open it in iTunes. You can do this by right clicking the movie and selecting open with, and then iTunes.
13) Then simply drag your movie into your iPod.
It’s that simple. There are many other options you can play with to adjust the video quality, size and more. You could also use this program to create files that will support other devices like a PSP. Now you can watch your DVDs on the go.
