Transferring videos to an iPod Video

[sp1814]

I've just got an iPod video for Christmas, and whilst I know how to transfer audio files and the videos I've purchased from iTunes, I'm lost as to the process of transferring pre-bought DVDs to the machine.

I've de-crypted one video, and created a single ISO file, but what do I have to do next?

[lukey121]

Hey sorry i cant help you at all. But have you found the answer yet? I want to do the same thing. No one seems to know about iPods on here

[sp1814]

lukey121

I posted a similar message on www.ipodlounge.com and I've been directed to one of their forums.

Apparently such a frequently asked question that there's a permanent 'sticky' answer available to browse.

I'm just going there now. Will let you know what I find out in a minute.

[sp1814]

Lukey121

I think I have the answer. It's a very long post on the ipodlounge website, so I'm going through it with a DVD I have ready to rip. If it pans out, I'll post the forum note in about 15 minutes.

You will need to download two (free) bits of software.

The first is a 'DVD Decrypter' from www.doom9.org (go to the site, click on 'Download' on the left panel and search for DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0).

The second is a product called Videora 2.0 from www.videora.com.

[sp1814]

Lukey121

The Videora iPod converter can be downloaded from:

http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/

[sp1814]

Lukey121 - This may take more than a couple of posts, but here we go:

You need to download your dvd ripper, DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0

Go to www.doom9.org to get this.
Click "Download" on the left column. Then it's halfway down the page under "Descrambling / Ripping tools"

**this is completely free & not some crappy trial thing**

You'll need Videora to convert the file to iPod video format
-Go to videora dot com to get this

-RIPPING THE DVD

1)Place the DVD you want to rip your video from into your DVD drive.

2)Launch DVD Decrypter.

3)Go to the Mode menu and select IFO I mode. This will give you access to two new tabs; Input & Stream Processing.

4)Go to the Tools menu, select Settings, go to the IFO tab, then under Options, change File Splitting to None and press OK.

5a)Go to the main screen and click the Input tab. It will automatically have the section open where the movie is located (usually "VTS_02"). The PGC file that's highlighted should be the movie you're wanting to rip, double-check this by looking at the time/length of the PGC file highlighted.

[sp1814]

*NOTE: If you are downloading episodes from a TV show DVD (Simpsons, Family Guy, etc.) that has multiple episodes on one DVD, there will be a file for each episode (PGC 1, PGC 2, ...). Just highlight the one you want to rip - they're in the same order as they are on the DVD.

5b) Now click the Stream Processing tab. Check the "Enable Stream Processing" box at the top. Next, only select the first TWO boxes in the window. The 1st should say "Video" and the 2nd should say "Audio". Note that home encoded movies do not support subtitles of any kind and that your file can only have one type of audio.

6)Before you begin ripping your video, note the destination of the video file. This is where your raw DVD rip is going to go and it will be rather large in size. If you want to change the directory that DVD Decrypter will output to, click on the Browse button and navigate to the folder you want and press OK.

Now that you know where the movie file is going, click on the Decrypt button to start decrypting the DVD to your hard drive.

Once it is done, close DVD Decrypter. Expect a 4 GB to 6 GB movie to take about 12 to 18 minutes.
**for illustrations of the above steps, go to videora's Converter guides section on their webpage

[sp1814]

-CHANGING FILE TO IPOD FORMAT

Start Videora iPod converter.
1) Click setup in the left nav.
1.5) Click the profiles tab.

2) Click new profile.

3) Now, configure that profile:

profile name: ipod

in the video settings section...
mode: MPEG-4 > CBR
resolution: 320x240
passes: one
bitrate: 768 kbps (384 kbps also works)
framerate: 29.97 fps
format: 1:1 for full-screen (note - when I put this option in, it didn't work! I took it out and the conversion seemed happy. I'm yet to see the results)
16:9 for wide-screen
(Note- you might want to creat 2 profiles "ipod full" & "ipod wide" and just have the only difference being the format size)

in the audio settings section...
bitrate: 128 kbps
sample rate: Input
channels: stereo

4) Click apply to save the profile.

-Now, you're ready to transcode.

[sp1814]

1) Click convert on the left nav.

2) Click the transcode new video button.

3) Pick your source video (this is located where you had DVD Decrypter put the ripped DVD) The file should end in .VOB

4) Under quality profile, choose "ipod", the profile you created using the steps above. *(you have to select this profile EVERY time you transcode, it's not the default)*

5) Click start.


-NOW YOU'RE READY TO PUT THE VIDEO ON YOUR IPOD

1) In iTunes, under the File menu, select "add file to library". Find the transcoded mp4 file. Click on it, then press "open". The file should then be added to your library.
Note: By default, the transcoded videos pop out under the Videora directory ( C:\Program Files\VideoraConverter\Videos )

[sp1814]

Good luck. Let me know how you get on!

[sp1814]

Lukey121

I followed the instructions below and have successfully copied a DVD to my iPod.

The only downside I've noticed is that the DVD copied across as one file, however, it's a DVD which has 15 tracks on it. I'm going to go through the process again tonight, but this time, I'm going to copy the files individually (you have the option of doing this in DVD Decrypter).

[blueseame]

You should make sure the video is MP4 or H2.64 video for iPod. Here is a step by step guide about converting DVD, Videos, Flash and Youtube videos to iPod
http://www.dvd-video-converters.com/dvdvideogu ide/guide-rip-dvd-and-convert-video-flash-to-i pod-video-mp4-on-win.html