Frankly I have wondered about that. Why would anyone want to watch a movie
on a DVD? They are often too large in scope to even enjoy on a TV screen.
Jack

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Strauss" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DVD video to iPod


>I have used software/instructions found at
>
> video-2-ipod.com
>
> It costs $34.95 and works fine on a PC, although it takes a while. Part
> of
> it is a decrypter and part of it is a transcoder (freeware called Videora)
> that converts the decrypted file to a file that the iPod reads. I think
> the
> sticking point is the decryption, which would seem not legal. I also had
> problems with the sound. The version of Quicktime/iTunes that came with
> the
> iPod was fine, but I downloaded a new version of Quicktime/iTunes and
> during
> playback from the iPod, the audio portion of the movies stopped after
> about
> 20 seconds, although the video continued. Re-loading the Quicktime/iTunes
> that came with the iPod restored the audio. Quicktime strikes again. I
> only converted a few dvd's, because it is devilish hard to view a movie on
> the iPod screen.
>
>
> --
> Frank B Strauss, DMD
>
>