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Hi Rod: This is a good Plan B for sure. But I already recorded the video to a DVD, so I just want to "rip" the DVD onto my hard drive and then convert to iPod video with Quicktime. Just out of curiosity -- why aren't there a gizillion pieces of software to do this? Is it all because of Hollywood user-hostile copy restrictions? Are those restrictions placed on a DVD I record in my JVC machine? If so, is there a way I can turn them off? Sorry, showing glaring ignorance about the DVD format. I usually work in audio only. -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod Stephens" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:57 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DVD video to iPod > Tom Fine wrote: > >> Hi All: >> >> Is there any relatively easy way to get DVD video onto my iPod? This isn't even a Hollywood >> movie, it's a dub of a U-Matic tape that I made myself. I Googled and found lots of text-line >> kind of stuff (ie made for people far more expert in computers than I). I have the full version >> of Quicktime, so as long as I can get the DVD video and audio to a format that Quicktime can >> handle, I can save it to iPod format in Quicktime. > > http://www.usbgear.com/USB-PRODUCT-DETAILS.cfm?sku=USBG-VD207&catid=&cats= > This is the unit I suggested to my brother-in-law, and he has found it works well to input > video/audio into his desktop. It will do frame captures as well. I'm probably going buy one in > the near future, too, since I've got some BetaMax, S-VHS and 3/4" that I want to make into DVDs. > I don't know enough about the input capability of an iPod, but this unit has a USB output and > generates MPEG4 which is the highest video resolution currently available unless you want HighDef. > It has both standard composite (RCA) and S-Video inputs, and the latter gives the best video > quality when you're feeding from a deck that has that kind of output. It has multiple uses for > the future, since the USB connection allows you to input audio as well as video into any kind of > computer. Also, the accompanying software may give you more options to create a more > professional end product. > > Rod > >> >> -- Tom Fine >> >