Comments on: How to Convert DVD to iPod

By: CBinBC

CBinBC — Wed, 05 May 2010 21:21:44 +0000

I am going to give it a try

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:40:07 +0000

The program that I love for this is HandBrake combined with DVD 43. I wrote about this in my post called How Do I Get YouTube Videos On My iPod which your readers may enjoy as an alternative to the DVD Decrypter which is not being updated as much anymore.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:38:25 +0000

I have followed all of the directions and at the end when my videos show up in itunes the audio is there but there is no picture to go along with it. The first video that I did was fine but why is the video not showing up on the other ones, even if i followed the same steps. Please help – I leave on a trip in 2 days.

By: Nomad

Nomad — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:27:55 +0000

Followed the directions and converted a 2.5 hour DVD, Gladiator (one of my favorites), into a .vob file. Videora v5.04 automatically loaded it into my iTunes library. Viewed it on the iPod touch and had no problems – very satisfied. Thanks for the free tips!

Only one suggestion – during decryption, instead of checking off the first two options, I would check off the first and third options (choosing the 2-channel audio, instead of the 6-channel audio decryption).

One warning – the decryption took 25 minutes and the conversion took nearly 3 hours! That is at the high audio and video settings for iPod touch screens.

I might look for a quicker solution if I’m going to be converting my whole (sizeable) DVD collection. For occasional one-off conversions, I’ll keep doing this.

Happy viewing!

By: Ross

Ross — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:43:30 +0000

I followed the directions converted two DVDs to .vob files and then to mp4 files. But I CANNOT get that stupid iTunes 9.0.1.8 to import it – it simply ignores the files. I’ve tried doing the File/Import route, I’ve tried drag and drop into the movies section – did they add something in iTunes 9 so that it won’t see anything but some crap that you have to BUY from Apple???

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:34:03 +0000

Note that if you’re using FAT32 as a file system it can’t handle single files larger than 4GB, so you’ll either have to use NTFS or break the DVD into smaller portions.

By: Bob Nickelson

Bob Nickelson — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:11:36 +0000

This is such a wonderful tool. I tried every other program that claimed to be free with no limitations, but they all only gave me five minutes of video or they put a large watermark that said “Free Trial” in front of my movie. I can now use up some gigabytes and watch my favorite movies, recordings, and TV shows on my iPod Classic!

By: Ben Leadholm

Ben Leadholm — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:34:48 +0000

So far so good. I’ve ripped an Indian DVD and so far I’m converting the .vob files to .mp4 files for my wife’s iPod nano. I’m sure she will ask for individual songs rather than look though a whole .VOB, but the compression and video quality seem to be fine for now. Will give an update if I was able to extract and convert by chapter. This tutorial was very helpful for informing me of the freeware available for this task. I also use DVD Shrink to create a smaller .ISO for burning to DVDR disks (which are only 4.7gig in size).

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:08:22 +0000

Any advice on how to accomplish this on a Macintosh? Thanks.

It is so so disappointing that itunes doesn’t do this. All of this copyright protection has gone overboard. I have tons of DVDs that I have every right to watch on my ipod. Stupid Lawyers.

By: iPod Lover

iPod Lover — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:54:30 +0000

Great guide!