How To Put DVD Movies on Your iPod

iPod is a brand of portable media players that is designed and marketed by Apple. In addition to playing music, iPods with display screens can display calendars, contact information, and text files, and play a limited range of games. Models
introduced in 2004 include the ability to display photos and the fifth-generation iPod, introduced in 2005, can additionally play video files. Therefore this how to shows you the way to enjoy your favorite movie from a DVD on your iPod too.

1. The first step is to download Handbrake .From http://handbrake.m0k.org/

2. After that insert the DVD with the movie you want to have it on your iPod. If DVD Player opens, quit it.

3. Run Handbrake. Select Detected volume.

4. Click Open. Handbrake will detect all the titles on the DVD. If you’re ripping a movie, just select the longest title in the list. If you’re ripping a TV show or something with multiple episodes on one disc, then select the episode you want.

5. Set File Format to MP4 file in the Destination section.

6. Set Codecs to MPEG-4 Video / AAC Audio.

7. Enter the full pathname where you want to save your movie in the File section. For this you cand use the Browse button.

8. In the Video section, set Quality to Average bitrate and enter 400. This can be as high as 768.

9. Under Quality, select 2-pass encoding. This takes twice as long to encode, but it improves the video quality and doesn’t make the file any larger.

10. In the Audio section, for Language 1, select the audio track in your preferred language.

11. The Sample rate is of your choice. The video iPod is compatible with any of the sample rates supported by Handbrake.

12. A Bitrate of 128 is just fine, but you can go up to a bitrate of 160.

13. Click Picture Settings. In the Picture Settings dialog, decrease Width until either it reads 320. Handbrake will auto-adjust the height to match. For a full-screen movie, the height will end up at 240; for wide-screen movies, it will be lower.

14. Close the Picture Settings dialog and click Rip. Encoding time depends on the speed of your computer, the length of the movie, and whether you selected 2-pass encoding. When encoding is finished, quit Handbrake.

15. Run iTunes. Find the .mp4 file that Handbrake created and drag it into your iTunes library, or select Add to Library… from the File menu and select the encoded movie.