Nowadays, one of the coolest things to do with iPod is to enjoy any DVD movie on it.
But iPod only accepts MP4 and H.264 video formats.So how should you play the DVD movies on it?
Now with Wondershare DVD to iPod Converter for Mac and [url=http://www.macsoftreviews.com/cucusoft-dvd-to-ipod-converter.html]Cucusoft DVD to iPod Converter, this problem can be easily solved no matter you are a Mac user or Windows user.Both of them can convert DVD files to MP4, H.264, MOV, M4V, MP3, M4A, and WAV formats which supported by most popular iPods such as iPod Touch, iPod Nano Chromatic, iPod Classic, iPod Video,etc.
The following step-by-step gudie will show you how to enjoy DVD movie on your iPod.It includes two part:
**Part 1: **How to convert DVD to iPod on Mac
**Part 2: **How to convert DVD to iPod on Windows
**Part 1: **How to convert DVD to iPod on Mac
Make preparation: Download and install Wondershare DVD to iPod coverter for Mac (Intel Version or [url=http://www.macsoftreviews.com/download/wondershare/wondershare-dvd-to-ipod-converter-mac-powerpc.dmg]Power PC Version)
**Step1: **Run this software and import DVD movies
Click the “Load DVD” button, select the folder of your DVD movie, and click OK. If the DVD movie is on your disc drive, you can just select the drive and click OK.
Or click the “Load IFO” button, open the folder of your DVD movie, and you will find two folders in it: AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. Open the VIDEO_TS folder, select all the IFO files, and then click OK.
After the DVD movie is imported, you can see all the DVD chapters/titles in it, and then you can check the DVD chapters/titles you want to rip to your iPod. If you want to rip the whole movie, you can just keep all the DVD titles/chapters checked.
**Step 2: **Output Settings
**a.**You can select the iPod Video format from the Format drop-down list(Apart from ripping DVD to iPod video, it can even rip DVD to iPod audio).
**b.**You can click the “Settings” button to make encoding settings including video resolution, frame rate, bit rate and video encoder, audio encoding settings including sample rate, channel, bit rate and audio encoder.
**c. **You can name each DVD title/chapter in the Output Filename field, and select the DVD subtitle and audio track for the DVD titles/chapters.
**d.**You can also merge your files into by clicking “merge into one file”.
Step 3: Start Conversion
Click the “Start” button to start ripping DVD movies to iPod. After that, you can just transfer the created files to your iPod with iTunes.
More functions such as trim,crop and effect are aslo very easy to use.If you want to know more about them, please read How to enjoy DVD Movies/Videos/Flash on your iPod (for Mac).
**Part 2: **How to convert DVD to iPod on Windows
Make preparation:Download and intall Cucusoft DVD to iPod Converter
Step 1: Place the DVD into your DVD drive.
Step 2: Click the “open DVD” button to load DVD.
Step 3: Select “Direct mode” or “Batch Mode”
“Direct Mode” means that you can directly click the DVD Menu to select the DVD movie you want to rip. This mode is very easy for ripping a movie DVD’s.
“Batch Mode” means that you can select the DVD titles/chapters and audio track they want to rip via checkbox list. This mode is very easy for batch ripping Music DVD’s, MTV DVD’s and Episodic DVD’s.
Notes:
In “Batch Mode”, you not only can select the DVD titles/chapters and audio track, but also can adjust conversion time. So It is easy for you to convert any segment of DVD.
**Step 4: **Select output format from the “Profile” drop-down list.
Tip:
Click the “…” button at the right of the “profile” drop-down list to set the important parameters: Video Bitrate, Audio Bitrate, Frame Rate and Video Size. For a high image/sound quality you can increase the value of Video/Audio Bitirate and for a compressed file you can decrease the value.
**Step 5:**Click the “Convert ”button to start the conversion. You can have a cup of coffee or have a walk. In a quite short time it will finish.
Now enjoy your high-resolution movies on your iPod Touch/Classic/Nano.
Have fun!
