Get DVDs onto your iPod Touch for free
Last night, in preparation for my trip to San Francisco, I decided to rip a couple movies onto my iPod Touch for the flight. I had never done this before, so it sent me looking for a solution. Now I know that Google makes it’s living on ads, but it’s a little disheartening that I had to sift through dozens of pages of paid solutions, where there is an absolutely perfect one for free.
Handbrake is an open source application for Mac OS X that accomplishes this task quickly and easily. It even has format options to set up for iPod Touch, iPhone, Video iPod and PSP automatically.
I set up two movies last night, Mr. Brooks and Hot Fuzz, and it took about an hour each. It created files about one gigabyte in size and I was set.
I copied them into my iTunes library, synced the iPod Touch and I was set. I tested the movies and they looked fantastic and had perfect audio sync.
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Comments
Epic!!!!
Your story is exactly the same as mine, but it works on windows as well. Oh yeah crappy 30$ programs, BURN IN THE HEART OF THE TARDIS BABY!!!!!!!!
this doesnt work for windows xp does it?
[Philoking: Yes, it does, there is a Windows version on the site!]
i have tryed this and it come out as mp4 is it suposed to??? also will this be placed into the video movie or music area please write back
Wow Sounds ingenious! I’ll have to give it a try!