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Originally Posted by TheNorm
My daughter went and bought an iPod yesterday, 30GB with a small screen that can (apparently) play movies. She is keen to transfer some of her DVDs to the iPod to watch them when she goes to Italy at half term.
Can anyone recommend a relatively easy transfer application? Price is a consideration, especially if it goes over £50.
I have XP, an 80GB hard drive... and plenty of patience!
PS. I am aware of copyright laws - the personal backup copy of "Mean Girls" would not be distributed to friends.
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this one:
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardw...deo-ipod.ars/3
these are some of the official sizes
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H.264 video: up to 768 Kbps, 320x240, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats
MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 mbps, 480x480, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats"
the easyest and free one to use to get AVC aka H.264 is probably HandBrake and theres a windows version and the message board is good too.
http://handbrake.m0k.org/
http://handbrake.m0k.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1262
http://howto.diveintomark.org/ipod-dvd-ripping-guide/
if your Encoding to AVC/H.264 pick the biggest format and then it will look really good if you push it through a tv-out to your tv.
this clip plays fine in vlc to give you an idea of the quality
http://handbrake.m0k.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1262
"5'24" clip:
24 fps 640x352 @ 1720 Kbps ffmpeg MPEG4 (66.6 MB)
I haven't bought my video iPod yet, so I can't test it myself."