How to convert DVD to iPod touch/nano/classic?

Apple iPod accepts MP4 format, so you just need a converter that will go from DVD to MP4 if you want to watch DVD movies on your iPod. After you get the output iPod compatible MPEG-4 videos converted from DVD's, drag them to your iPod with the sync of iTunes. Below is the step by step tutorial showing how to convert DVD to iPod touch, iPod nano and iPod classic.

The software you will need is Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter. ( free download ) Let's take a look at how it performs:

1. Download Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter. Install and run it.

2. Click the "Open DVD" button to load the DVD movie. Alternatively, you can click "File -> Open DVD..." to import the DVD disc. After the DVD is imported, there will be a list of DVD titles showing in the program. Note: If your DVD movie is saved as a folder in your computer hard drive, you need to click the "Add Video" button to locate and import the movie.



3. Tick the longest DVD title from the list. Double click this title and you will preview the movie in the program.
Note: If you want to merge all the DVD chapters/titles into one single file, you need to click the "Options" tab in the Clone2Go interface and make the settings as shown below:



4. Choose the most appropriate profile from the "Profile" drop-down list according to the brand of your iPod (iPod touch, iPod nano or iPod classic). Note: You can also customize a specific profile to meet your needs.



5. Click "Start Encode" to start to convert DVD movie to iPod video.

6. Add the output files to iTunes and sync them to your iPod.

Done.

Extracted from http://www.clone2go.com/tutorials/convert-dvd-to-ipod.php

Ripping DVDs to iPod Touch/iPhone format with HandBrake Windows and Mac

No doubt you can purchase movies from the iTunes Store ready for iPhone/iPod Touch consumption, but if you already own the DVD, you don't want to waste your money on the same movie a second time. Instead, you can rip the DVD to a video file on your computer, move it into iTunes Library, and then sync it to your iPhone/iPod Touch. The program I'd like to recommend to do this is called HandBrake, and it's available for free on both Windows and Mac.

The following tutorial will show you how to rip DVD to iPhone/iPod Touch format using HandBrake. You can follow this guide to convert DVD to iPod Touch/iPhone whether you are using Windows OS or Mac OS X (10.5 or later).

Let's take a look at how it works:

Step 1. Download HandBrake from http://handbrake.fr/?article=download according to your computer OS and install it.





Step 2. Insert a DVD and launch HandBrake. If HandBrake doesn't recognize the DVD as a source automatically, you may have to click "Browse" and direct HandBrake to your DVD drive.

Step 3. HandBrake will analyze the DVD and let you choose the title and chapters you want to rip for your iPhone/iPod Touch (in general, you'll want the first title and every chapter). You can get an idea of which title is the main DVD title by choosing the title duration that matches the movie's playtime.

Step 4. Click the "Presets" menu in Windows, or the "Presets" button on the top right of the HandBrake window on the Mac. You'll see several presets; choose the iPhone and iPod Touch preset.

Step 5. Now just click the "Encode Video" button (Windows) or Start button (Mac) and sit back while HandBrake rips the DVD to one big file. This can take a while, so you won't be able to rip a DVD on your way out the door to the airport. Make sure you plan ahead.

Step 6. When HandBrake finishes ripping the DVD, drag the file into iTunes for syncing to your iPod Touch/iPhone whenever you want to.

Note

HandBrake Windows doesn't do a very good job on ripping DVDs to iPod Touch/iPhone format. Here, I'd like to recommend the DVD to iPhone Converter from Clone2Go. This piece of software can merge several DVD chapters into a single file, trim the video length, extract sound tracks from DVD as audio file, support M4V, MP4, MKV, AVI, FLV, WMV, and a lot more output video/audio formats, customize profile for the output file and support sorts of mobile players like iPod Touch, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Zune, BlackBerry, etc.

Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter

Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter is all-in-one software developed for iPod fans. Unlike other DVD to iPod converters, this DVD to iPod converter combines three main features into one program: 1) Convert DVD to iPod, 2) Convert video to iPod and 3) Download YouTube/Google video to iPod.

With the DVD ripping feature, Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter can convert various DVD's to iPod compatible MPEG-4/H.264 format for playback on iPod touch/nano/classic. It can extract sound tracks from DVD movies as iPod MP3/M4A files as well.

As a video to iPod converter, it can convert VOB, MKV, FLV, AVI, WMV, RM, RMVB, MOV, ASF, 3GP, M4V, QT, AVS, MPG, M1V, M2V, DAT, AMV to iPod video/audio format for any kind of iPod player.

Plus, Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter allows you to capture video from DV camcorder for viewing on your iPod. It also serves as a powerful YouTube downloader. You can easily download YouTube/Google videos to your PC and even for your iPod.



Key features of Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter (from http://www.clone2go.com/products/dvdtoipod.php)

1. Convert DVD to MP4/MP3 format for iPod touch, iPod nano, iPod classic.
2. Convert AVI, WMV, ASF, MOV, MP4, 3GP, M4V, QT, RM, RMVB, FLV, MKV, AVS, MPG, VOB, DV, M1V, M2V, DAT, AMV, MP2, MP3, WAV to iPod video/audio format.
3. Download YouTube/Google videos for viewing on iPod.
4. Extract sound tracks in MP3 format from DVD movies or videos.
5. Capture video from DV camcorder as video source.
6. Customize the profile for the output video/audio files.
7. Trim the video to get certain clip.
8. Change video and audio properties independently.
9. Multi-select files for batch conversion.
10. Convert videos at high speed with perfect output quality.

Availability

Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter is available at http://www.clone2go.com. You can free download Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter from http://www.clone2go.com/down/dvd-to-ipod-setup.exe for a try. It costs USD29.95 to register the full version.

If you have questions concerning Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter, please feel free to contact Clone2Go support team via clone2go.support@gmail.com . Clone2Go is dedicated to providing you with the best product.

Rip DVD to iTunes for iPod iPhone

Due to high audio/video quality, iPod and iPhone are always fantastic portable devices for playing videos. Meanwhile, we may want to watch DVD movies on iPod and iPhone. Yet, a general DVD is in MPEG-2 or VOB format with CSS copy protection. To put a DVD movie onto iPod and iPhone, you need a DVD ripping program to remove the protection and rip the DVD movie to iTunes compatible video first.

For PC users, there are lots of such programs that can rip DVD movies to iTunes videos. Among them, I prefer to use Clone2Go DVD Ripper. You can download it from http://www.clone2go.com.

With Clone2Go DVD Ripper, you can convert nearly all DVDs to iTunes videos for playback on an iPod Touch, iPod Classic, iPod Nano, iPhone 3G, including purchased DVDs, original DVDs, DVD copies and even downloaded DVDs.

Below is the step by step tutorial that details how to rip DVD movies to iTunes video files, ready to transfer to your iPod/iPhone:

Step 1. Import DVD movie

Click "File -> Open DVD..." to import the DVD movie from your DVD drive. Alternatively, you can click the "Open DVD" button to import the DVD movie you are going to watch on your iPod/iPhone.



If the DVD movies is saved as a folder on your hard drive, you need to click the "Add Video" button to locate that folder, which is composed of two separate folders: VIDEO_TS and AUIDO_TS. From the VIDEO_TS folder, select the .vob file to import and then click "OK".

Note: Apart from DVD ripping feature, Clone2Go DVD Ripper can also be used to convert video files and download YouTube videos for iPod, iPhone and a lot more mobile devices.

Tip: If you want to merge several DVD chapters/titles into one single file, just multi-select them and choose "Edit -> Merge Output". What's more, Clone2Go DVD Ripper supports batch importing video files and batching convert DVD/video files.

Step 2. Trim the video

If you just need a clip of the DVD movie for viewing on your iPod/iPhone, you can drag the "Start to trim" and "Stop to trim" buttons to get the certain segment of the DVD movie.



You can also specify the "Start Time" and "Stop time" at the bottom right panel of the interface (under "Profile").



Step 3. Choose a profile

Since you are going to watch the DVD movies on your iPod/iPhone, you need to choose the output video format compatible with iTunes. From the drop-down list of "Profile", you will see profile categories including "Apple iPod" and "Apple iPhone". The formats in the corresponding categories are just for iPod Touch, iPod Classic, iPod Nano and iPhone. That's to say, the videos generated with these formats can be added to your iTunes Library.



Tip: If you are still not very satisfied with the profile you choose, you can customize it for yourself.



Step 4. Start to encode

Now you can click the "Start Encode" button to starting ripping the DVD moive to iTunes for iPod/iPhone.

Tip: The output video files are easily available by clicking the "Folder" button on the main menu after the ripping/converting process is done.

Step 5. Transfer the DVD movie to iPod/iPhone

Launch iTunes. Click "File -> Add File to Library...". Select the video file from the output folder and click "OK". Navigate to "Movies" tab and you will see the video. You can double click to play it.



Connect your iPod/iPhone to your PC and transfer the video to your iPod/iPhone with the sync of iTunes Library.

Now you can take your favorite DVD movies on the road!

Clone2Go releases super DVD ripper-video converter and YouTube downloader features supported

Clone2Go DVD Ripper(http://www.clone2go.com/products/dvdtoripper.php) is the most powerful software specially designed for ripping DVD's and converting video files to all popular video/audio formats for playback on all popular entertainment devices such as iPod touch, iPod nano, iPod classic, iPhone, PSP, Apple TV, Zune, Creative Zen, BlackBerry, mobile phone and so on.

With the DVD ripping feature, Clone2Go DVD Ripper can rip all kinds of DVD movies to all popular video formats such as MPEG, AVI, 3GP, WMV and FLV and audio formats such as MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, AMR and MP2. As a video converter, it can convert almost all video formats including MPEG, WMV, RM, RMVB, MOV, VOB, DivX, XviD, AVI to MPEG-4 or MPEG movie formats for MP4 player, iPod, smart phone or any other video/audio formats for various media players.

Clone2Go DVD Ripper can help to download FLV videos from YouTube website and then convert FLV to any other video/audio format you need.



Key features of Clone2Go DVD Ripper:

1. Clone2Go DVD Ripper is equipped with a user-friendly interface and an easy-to-use style, bringing convenience to users.
2. Supported input media formats: DVD, MOV, WMV, FLV, MPEG-4, MPG, RM, RMVB, AVI, DivX, XviD, VOB, ASF, DV, 3GP, M1V and M2V.
3. Supported output media formats:
video: AVI, WMV, MP4, 3GP, FLV, MPG, MPEG4, MPEG and MPEG-II;
Audio: MP3, WAV, OGG, AMR and MP2.
4. Download FLV videos from YouTube website and convert FLV videos.
5. Rip DVD, convert video(including online YouTube video) to the specific video/audio format for iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Zune, Creative Zen, mobile phone, etc.
6. Support video source from DV video.
7. Change video and audio properties independently, customize output video frame size, split files into smaller parts, etc.
8. Extract audio from DVD movies or video files.
9. The professional package software that bundles DVD ripper, video converter and YouTube downloader/converter rather than a simple DVD ripper.

Availability and Price

Clone2Go DVD Ripper is available at http://www.clone2go.com/products/dvdtoripper.php. You can free download Clone2Go DVD Ripper from http://www.clone2go.com/down/dvd-ripper-setup.exe for a try. And it costs USD39.95 to register the full version.

If you have questions concerning Clone2Go DVD Ripper, please feel free to contact us via clone2go.support@gmail.com . We are dedicated to providing you with the best product.