Anyone know how to load a movie on Ipod?

[Terry Monk]

I bought Monica a 30gb Ipod and I know it can hold movies, but I don't know how to load them on it.

I thought I'd just put a movie in the hard drive, add it to iTunes library and then sync it up, but that's not working. Any ideas?

Thanks.

[ninja]

Originally Posted by gymrat

I bought Monica a 30gb Ipod and I know it can hold movies, but I don't know how to load them on it.

I thought I'd just put a movie in the hard drive, add it to iTunes library and then sync it up, but that's not working. Any ideas?

Thanks.

How big is the movie?

[Terry Monk]

It's the size of a cd.... you know, a DVD. :p

I have no freak'n idea. How can I tell?

[Mark57]

Originally Posted by ninja

How big is the movie?

Dood, it's like THIS big! No really!

[Terry Monk]

I guess you have to get a software program that converts them to M4p format?
I see free downloads to try, but then you have to spend upwards of $50 to buy them. I'm cheap and don't want to spend the money. Isn't there any freeware that I can use?

[K Manley]

I use yasa dvd to mpeg convertor, it runs about $30 brand new. I searched around for freeware stuff but couldn't find anything good (and the free trials for most stuff is watermarked).
its a good program to check out if no one posts any alternatives.

[RedLefty]

Mark just cracked me up!

[Lost Dog]

http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/

If you can get the DVD to some video on your pc. You might need two programs for two steps (if you want free).

[Terry Monk]

Thanks Roland. This seems like it will work, but I'm very ignorant of this software. Can you elaborate?
I'm not sure I understand your sentence: " If you can get the DVD to some video on your pc."

[Lost Dog]

I haven't tried it. Leo Laparte recommended it as the best out there. But, I don't know if it takes DVD and rips it to your pc (then iPod0. On the show, the guy had videos already on his pc and wanted to put them on the iPod. So, I know it takes video and converts it to the iPod format.

[Terry Monk]

Let me ask this: I've got a shit ton of songs in mp3 format on my hard drive. Can I somehow convert them over to m4p for iPod and load them on the device? Don't have to convert them for my Sansa but then Apple has to do things differently.

[Michael Roussell]

Go over to VCDHelp.com

They have a ton of walk-through for converting videos. I found one over there for my sister and she was able to take her DVDs, rip them on the computer, and put them on her ipod no problem all with freeware. You can't beat that!

[Michael Roussell]

This is the one

http://www.sheerboredom.net/modules....article&sid=65

[Terry Monk]

Hey! Thanks Michael! That looks like it's step by step for dummies like me. Great!

[Mark57]

Originally Posted by gymrat

Let me ask this: I've got a shit ton of songs in mp3 format on my hard drive. Can I somehow convert them over to m4p for iPod and load them on the device? Don't have to convert them for my Sansa but then Apple has to do things differently.

Just import them into iTunes, it makes a copy of them in the m4p format and adds them to your library, and leaves the original mp3 where it was. I think it works the same with movies. iTunes won't import any movie or music that's protected, though. File > Add File to Library, then browse to the file/s.

Then you just connect your ipod and it kind of does the rest. FM.

[Terry Monk]

Originally Posted by Mark57

Just import them into iTunes, it makes a copy of them in the m4p format and adds them to your library, and leaves the original mp3 where it was. I think it works the same with movies. iTunes won't import any movie or music that's protected, though. File > Add File to Library, then browse to the file/s.

Then you just connect your ipod and it kind of does the rest. FM.

Thanks Mark! I'm very new to this iPod stuff so I'm learning as I go. Many thanks to everyone on here for helping a dumbass like me out.