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Yep ! Sorry, phat fingers... :>) -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rod Stephens Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 1:06 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DVD video to iPod Scott Phillips wrote: >---- I thought you were running a MAC, Tom, so perhaps this information >is a help... > > I just Googled it, and I think it's "cucuSoft", right? >-----Original Message----- >From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Scott Phillips >Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 12:00 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DVD video to iPod > >I have PC software that does this easily, even with 'protected' DVD's, >but they even say in the literature that to get around being sued over >it, they had to make it into two separate programs. It is a Cucsoft >product. It has worked perfectly for me. I know that you are running a >MAC, so I know that doesn't help you, but might be of interest to the >list.... > >-----Original Message----- >From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Fine >Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 5:59 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DVD video to iPod > >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=&ca >t >s= > > >>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 >>> >>> >>> > > >