How do I put a DVD onto an iPod?

Question

I downloaded Fox DVD ripper (trial version), but I don't know what to do. When they say DVD file, how does that compare to the disk?

Thanks for the help but you'll have to back up a bit for me. I put a disk into my DVD drive and clicked load DVD, now what do I do?

Answer 1

here is a guide may help you
http://www.wikihow.com/Rip-DVDs-with-iSofter-DVD-Ripper-Platinum

Answer 2

Listen, your best bet to properly learn how to use Fox DVD ripper is to click on the Help button and then select whatever wording is used for program help.

Once you click on the proper link, a small window will open. This window will have two panes, one on the left, which contains topics you can click on, and in the right pane the topic's information you clicked on will appear. You read the information in the right pane.

You can begin by starting at the top of the list of items, such as the Getting Started option, all programs have such an option, but the wording may be different depending upon what program you are using. It could say, Welcome to XXX, with XXX representing the programs name.

Now, in the Getting Started topic there will be subtopics, such as showing you a view of the programs main interface, and you can sometimes click on areas of the program interface to have information displayed about that item, to help familiarize you with the interface and the options it contains.

Next, you can go straight down to Ripping, and read up on how to import the data on the DVD into your computer. Some programs allow you to Rip directly to a particular program, where conversion can occur immediantly, as it Rips, or it can be Ripped into your My Video or My TV folders in your My Documents, or for Vista Documents/Video/TV, etc.

I prefer to Rip to my Video or TV folder as it is then stored on my computer for whichever use I may have for it. I sometimes use video in several different programs, or projects, when it isn't copy protected data. However, you may wish to remove the video as soon as you have it imported, (Ripped) and converted into iPod format, as it can take up a lot of hard disk space.

Now, you can open the Fox DVD ripper, then insert the DVD. This instructs the system to use Fox DVD program, and should stop the usual menu of choices, in the dialog box Auto Play, which opens when you inset disks into the CD/DVD drive, to ask you what you want to do. If you are greeted with this dialog box, select the Fox DVD ripper label, or icon in the list provided, and then click the button at the bottom to select, "Use this program to open this type of date every time I inset a disk" or other words to that affect. Then, the next time you inset a video disk, your selected default program will automatically open.

Reading up on the directions for use of the Fox DVD Ripper program is the #1 way to quickly learn how to use its features. Plus, this way you don't have to sift through a lot of responses here, trying to discover if the person who answered knows what they are saying or if they are just shooting the breeze, or quessing in other words. It isn't much fun to read directions which seem to come from someone who knows what they are saying, only to get lost and confused by them instead.

Often, these programs also have an Online forum where users can go to ask questions. If it does have one, first do a search of questions already posted, because somebody probably had the same or simular questions when beginning, and so there very well could be posts you can read and get your answers without actually posting your own question. There are often "sticky" posts, at the top of the list, to get new users off to a good start. Look for those first and read them and you might be surprised with all the information you can receive, and from those who really know the program inside and out.

Good luck and much fun Ripping and Transfering your video to your iPod. Have a great holiday season too.

Answer 3

ipods can only support .mov or .mp4 from what I know. Quicktime Pro, which is on most apple computers will support conversion to .mov at a 320 pixel size. Which can be played on an ipod. A full 2 hour /mov at a 320 pixel size is about 200-300 megs, a DVD is about 3-5 gigs, hugely larger.

A lot of commercial movie makers will convert to .mov, but be aware that they rebuild the file in real time and it will take the running time of your film to finish the conversion.

Also a DVD video file is a .vob file for the most part. If you rip it be sure to rip it all as 1 file, drop the indexing and chapter selections or you will get multiple files.

Answer 4

You must make sure the video is mp4 format for iPod. If not, you may try some third party software. Here is a step by step guide about converting DVD, Videos, Flash and Youtube videos to iPod video
http://www.top5soft.com/tutorial/how-to-convert-dvd-movie-to-ipod-with-cucusoft.html
There is the review of the top 5 video and DVD to iPod converters:
http://www.top5soft.com/ipod-video-converter-review.html
If you are a Mac user, You can try Handbrake for free, which can be downloaded at
http://handbrake.m0k.org/ .If you are using Windows, there are some free video converters such as Videora, SUPER. They are free, but always do the work without best quality.
http://www.videora.com

Answer 5

you click "rip" on the Fox DVD ripper. it should copy the information to your computer and than you can put it on your Ipod from there