Tom, The Platinum version of DVDFAB does this and a whole lot more. I've used it to shrink videos for both my daughter's iPod and my Palm PDA. http://www.dvdfab.com Today is the last day of their special, so if you decide this is the one, do it today. Only the Platinum version does the iPod videos. I have used some other free programs also. You end up needing a couple to do the job which can get time consuming. Since DVDFAB did it all, I just bought it and have been happy I did. Angie Dickinson Mickle Avocado Productions Arvada, CO www.avocadoproductions.com 800-246-3811 Tom Fine wrote: > 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 >>> >> > > > >