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[datahawk]

So, I have in my hot little hands a 5th gen iPod that does video. I also have in my hot little hands a 'player' that it plugs into. I also have a metric butt ton (yes that is an actual measurement) of dvd's of all sorts. What I do not have, are any of these videos on my iPod. I refuse to give Apple money for movies I already own. When I last posted I got the best suggestion of DVDFAB, however I can not bring myself to pay some 60 bucks for a dvd ripper. Does anyone any any additional ideas that cost less (or nothing) that is fairly simple and bug free? I just want to be able to pop some movies and maybe a couple eps of South Park on my iPod, so I can enjoy them on the plane and in the dealers room during down time.

Comments

[posicat.livejournal.com]

I think the Nero software has an Ipod rip function. I know Tybis pointed me at a DVD ripping software that works fairly well, but I use my MythTV box to do this kind of thing now, so I don't have it anymore.

Super might be able to help you out as well, not sure if it can rip movies directly, haven't tried it : http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

[fuzzbear.livejournal.com]

try handbrake. I'm not sure if it let's you do video files, but it rips whole DVD's like a champ I can't speak to the stability of the windows version, but I've had no problems with the OS X versions. And hey. Its free


www.handbrake.fr

[artyskox.livejournal.com]

I've never used Handbrake - but I just came back to this post because I saw it recommended on dealnews

http://dealnews.com/features/Future-Proof-Your-Media/226327.html

[nemetfox.livejournal.com]

Here's an article on using Handbrake (it has a Windows version too) to do what you ask.
http://howto.diveintomark.org/ipod-dvd-ripping-guide/