best program for converting videos for ipod video/touch?

[Corporate Thug]

Can anyone recommend a good program that I can use to convert dvds so I can watch them on my video or touch?

thanx

 

[aphex]

Windows or Mac?

 

[Kaido]

Handbrake is pretty good on either platform. Some basic info here:

http://orionmods.com/tools/dvdrippingguide.pdf

 

[TheStu]

IF you are on the Mac, you can't really beat Handbrake for going from DVDs to iPodTouch/iPhone. If you are on Windows, then you will need DVDDecrypter as your first item, then maybe DVDShrink, then finally Handbrake.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Windows.

So with windows I would first rip the disc to VOB files and then convert w/ handbrake?

 

[Kmax82]

Yes, that would be the best way.

 

[TheStu]

You don't need to do that on the Mac because they have copy-protection circumvention in place on the OS X version of Handbrake, but that is simply not there on the Windows version, hence the pre-steps.

 

[ballmode]

videora if on windows

 

[stickybytes]

SUPER has worked really well for me.

 

[Noema]

Videora works for me. The interface is a bit quirky and has ads (it's free though) but it gets the job done.

 

[stickybytes]

Originally posted by: Noema
Videora works for me. The interface is a bit quirky and has ads (it's free though) but it gets the job done.

I'm not sure if this applies to your Ipod touch but whenever i convert videos using videora, they crash on me. The movie would play for a few minutes then stop and return me back to the video list. This has been a widely reported problem on many of the ipod touch forums.

 

[kaioshade]

Another nod for handbrake. The extra steps are a slight pain on windows, but its still an excellent product on either platform.