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MAGICJACQUES · Nov 28, 2007, 08:17 PM

Hi all, I am using iTune 7 with the leopard system combine with Rixio Crunch and HandBrake on my MacBook Pro Duo Core. I would like to know what is the easy way to put my Dvd on my Ipod. the iTune 7 does not allow the transfer on my Ipod, if I use handBrake or Crunch, I can post the video on itune and play it, but if I want to transfer it to my Ipod

the transfer cannot be done because of the wrong format. Usely I do Ctrl and Click to convert it with iTune

An hour video can take 15 hours to process....That's crazy

I want to know if someone can tell me how to easely transfer my personal collection from DVD to my Ipod. I am traveling all the time and like to watch video thru my Ipod

Thanks for your help

analogika · Nov 29, 2007, 04:26 AM

In Handbrake, there is an "iPod high resolution" and an "iPod low resolution" preset. These will transfer fine and play on the iPod.

Video transcoding will still take a while, especially on a non-Intel Mac.

Remember that this stuff (video editing and transcoding), up until very recently, was pretty much the exclusive domain of highly-paid professionals working on multi-$10,000 editing stations. This is heavy lifting.

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MAGICJACQUES · Dec 2, 2007, 01:37 AM

Do you know a software who can do a better job for me

thanks

SpaceMonkey · Dec 2, 2007, 03:14 AM

Originally Posted by MAGICJACQUES

Do you know a software who can do a better job for me

thanks

Better than Handbrake? No. Just use the iPod presets in Handbrake and it should play fine. It can take a long time. This is normal. It is a very CPU-intensive process.

I would try to use MacTheRipper first to rip the DVD to your hard drive, and then use Handbrake to encode it. That way you don't have to have the DVD in your drive for hours and hours. Handbrake will still take a long time to encode, but at least you won't be putting so much wear on your DVD drive.

wataru · Dec 2, 2007, 07:31 AM

You don't even need to use MacTheRipper. You can just copy the VIDEO_TS folder off the DVD to your hard drive and open that in Handbrake.

swiz · Dec 2, 2007, 01:09 PM

If you have it why not just import your Handbraked DVD file into iMovie 08 and export to iPod?

MAGICJACQUES · Dec 3, 2007, 03:12 PM

I resolved my problem Thanks Swiz for the Quick fix- your the Man

Thanks everyone

for your help

swiz · Dec 3, 2007, 09:03 PM

Your welcome, I wasnt sure it would do what you wanted but I thought that's how I'd do it so I suggested it.

analogika · Dec 4, 2007, 03:34 AM

What did you suggest?