How To Convert DVD Movies To Your Ipod

I own the ipod classic 80gb video device. I love movies and have a big collection of dvds. I enjoying watching movies when I am traveling as it makes the time go by much faster and having them on my ipod makes it very easy and convenient. I only have to carry around my small ipod. No need to carry a portable dvd player and all of the dvds.

That is just one reason to have dvds on your ipod and people have many different reasons that they want movies on their ipod. It could be that they have a boring job, keep the kids quiet or they not able to watch the tv because the kids are playing video games.

The point is everyone wants to have their dvd movies stored on their ipod for some reason. Buying the movie again on itunes is not very smart because you already bought the dvd. So you ask yourself how do you I convert the dvd to play on my ipod? Well keep reading because I have found a easy solution to your problem.

You cannot just put your dvd into your cd/dvd drive on your computer and add it to your itunes library. You have to first convert the dvd to the correct format so the ipod can read the file. Another term for converting is to "rip" the dvd.

The correct format for viewing dvd movies on your ipod is MPEG-4 video format with H.264 codec. This sounds very technical and if you are like me, you do not have the technical know how to complete this process.

The solution to our problem is one step dvd to ipod converter software that will do all the work for us and all we have to do is click the mouse a few times.

When looking for a good one step dvd to ipod converter software, you should look for these features:

1. Speed
2. Video Quality
3. Audio Quality
4. User Friendly
5. Converts different types of dvd formats
6. Converts other video formats, ie DiVX, MOV, AVI etc.

After you find a software program with all these features, look to see if they have a free trial version. This way you can give the software a trial run to see if the software is right for you.

After you have converted the dvd to the correct format, add the file to your itunes library, sync your ipod and the movie will appear on your ipod.

Find yourself a good dvd to ipod converter software and you will be able to load all your dvd to your ipod very quickly and easily.