How to convert DVD to iPod

This document is designed to provide you with step-by-step guide on how to rip DVD to video/audio format for playback on iPod Touch/Nano/ Video with Daniusoft DVD to iPod Converter. From this step-by-step guide, you will get an easy-to-use way to freely enjoy your favorite DVD movies on iPod.

This guide includes the following parts:

1. What Daniusoft DVD to iPod Converter can do for you?
2. How to convert DVD movie to iPod MP4 video with Daniusoft DVD to iPod Converter?
3. Tips about using Daniusoft DVD to iPod Converter to convert DVD movie to iPod.

Please download Daniusoft DVD to iPod Converter, install and run it.

Part 1: What Daniusoft DVD to iPod Converter can do for you?
Daniusoft DVD to iPod Converter is a powerful DVD to iPod Converter committed to providing you with an easy-to-use and professional way to convert DVD to iPod MP4 Video (h.264) and iPod MP3 playable for iPod Touch/Nano/ Video with excellent quality and super fast speed! With this wonderful iPod DVD Converter, you can:

• Directly convert DVD into iPod format MP4 and other video/audio formats (MOV, M4V, MP3, M4A and WAV etc) with excellent quality.
• Edit video by video cropping, movie trimming and effect adjusting to make perfect video based on your requirement.
• Customize either image or text watermark for video to color your video files in a unique way.
• Share picture by capturing any picture from video with snapshot function.
• Customize output settings including resolution, bit rate, frame rate, etc to completely fulfill your different requirements.
• Import and preview ISO file directly without installation of any Virtual DVD-ROM on your PC.
• Preview video with two real-time preview windows out of your movies in an intuitive way.
• Enjoy your favorite video freely sync with outstanding quality on iPod Touch/Nano/ Video, ready whenever you need to be entertained.

Part 2: How to convert DVD movie to iPod MP4 video with Daniusoft DVD to iPod Converter?
Step 1: Please download Daniusoft DVD to iPod Converter. And then install and run Daniusoft DVD to iPod Converter.



Step 2: Import DVD files.

Click “Add” button, you are allowed to import DVD folders or click , you are allowed to load DVD Rom, DVD folders, ISO files or IFO files respectively.

Step 3: Edit video files.Click “Edit” button, you are allowed to make wonderful video editing by cropping, trimming, adjusting effect and editing watermark.

Step 4: Customize output settings.Click “Settings” button in the output settings area, you are allowed to customize the output parameters and specify output format and folder.

Step 5: Start conversion.Click “Start” button on right bottom of the main interface, you are allowed to start conversion. All the tasks of conversion will be finished at fast speed and high output quality.

Step 6: Transfer video to iPodYou can transfer video file to iPod with iTunes. Please follow the steps below:
1. Connect your iPod to your computer and Launch iTunes. (If you have not installed iTunes, you can download it from this link http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ )

2. Click “My IPOD” under the “DEVICES”, and tick “Manually manage music and videos” option in the Summary window.
3. Click File and select “Add File to Library” to locate your MP4 files. The added files will be automatically classified in Movies Category under LIBRARY.
4. Click “Movies” under LIBRARY, drag the movie from the library file list to My IPOD. And then click “Movies” under MY IPOD, you will see the file in the right file list.

Part 3: Tips about using Daniusoft DVD to iPod Converter to convert DVD movie to iPod.
Daniusoft DVD to iPod Converter provides you powerful editing functions which allow you to crop, trim, adjust video effect , design watermark and customize output parameters.

1. Cropping
After entering the edit page, you cancrop video by clicking “crop”.You are allowed to finish cropping by the following three ways:• Dragging cropping frameMove your mouse cursor onto one of the eight small adjustment boxes on the cropping frame (the dashed line) and drag the crop frame to crop the DVD file such as cutting off top and bottom black bar. The cropped result will be shown on the Output Preview at the same time.• Selecting aspect ratioYou are allowed to select an output aspect ratio from the Zoom drop-down list. There are six choices available: Keep original, Full screen, 16:9, 4:3, Letter box and Pan & Scan • Setting the valuesType the value directly or click to set the value in “Left”, “Right” and “Cropped area size” area to set the position of the cropping frame.


2. Effect adjusting

Click “Effect”, you are allowed to adjust brightness, contrast and saturation of video by dragging . You can also select a special effect from the Effect drop-down list for the video. The available choices are Gray, Emboss, Negative, Old film and No effect. Besides, you can select the suitable option from Repeat odd field, Repeat even field, Odd interpolate and Even interpolate in the deinterlacing drop-down list to adjust the picture's quality, if there are some pixels, lines, mosaics or stripes on the picture.Note: You can check “apply to all” option to apply the current effect adjusting of one file to all the selected files.



3. Trimming
Click “Trim”, you are allowed to make trimming of video by the following three ways:
Dragging the slider Drag below the Preview Windows to mark the beginning of your clip and drag to mark the end of your clip during the preview.

Controlling “Mark in” and “Mark out” button Press to mark the beginning of your clip and to mark the end of your clip during the preview.Note: You can click to play frame by frame to make a precise trimming.

Setting start and end time Input certain time number in Set start time and Set end time fields manually and click to trim a clip from the video as you like.Note: You can click to preview the clip. Click under the process bar to remove the selections.



4. Watermark designing
Image watermark editing
1. Check image watermark option to edit image watermark.
2. Click to specify the image you attempt to use.
3. Adjust Transparency, Vertical Space and Horizontal Space by dragging .
4. Resize the height or width by inputting numbers in image size area or dragging .

Text watermark editing
1. Check text watermark option to edit text watermark.
2. Type the text you attempt to use as watermark in text watermark area.
3. Click to edit the font of text. You are allowed to edit the font style, size, effects etc of text in the following menu.



4. Adjust Transparency, Vertical Space and Horizontal Space by dragging .




5. Output settings customizing Daniusoft DVD to iPod Converter enables you to customize output settings in the bottom of the main interface. You are allowed to select subtitle/audio track and specify output format/path etc.



Click “Settings” button in the output settings area, you are allowed to set video/audio output parameters including resolution, bit rate, frame rate, encoder, sample rate and channel etc.

How to Put TV shows on iPod and Play iPod On TV

There is a guide about how to download TV show for free, put DVD video to iPod, TV show on iPod, and play iPod on TV without Apple TV.

It includes four parts:

Part one: How to download TV show for free.

Part two: How to put TV show on iPod.

Part three: Where to download free movie for iPod.

Part four: Play iPod on TV without Apple TV.

Part one: How to download TV show for free.

For iPod users, you can buy one episode at a time or a whole season from the iTunes Store and you can watch on your iPod, computer, or widescreen TV using Apple TV, but it cost $1.99. If you feel it's trouble to download TV show from iTunes, you can follow this guide to download TV show for free.Here's a quick video tutorial on how to download TV shows for free: http://www.cucirca.com/2007/12/28/how-to-download-tv-shows/.

Part two: How to put TV show on iPod.

After download TV show on your PC, please take your time to put TV shows to iPod, coz iPod can only play MP4 and H.264 video, but many TV show play as AVI format, even some shows plays with BETA and World Cup play as HDTV, so you need some thirty part software to help you rip DVD and convert video to MP4 video, and then sync it to iPod via iTunes. I highly recommend the Daniusoft DVD to iPod Suite, it can easily convert DVD to iPod video & audio formats (as MP4, M4V, MP3, AAC, and M4A); convert video formats (including AVI, MP4, MPEG, WMV, XviD, H.264, DAT, MOV, ASF and FLV, etc.) to iPod MP4, MPEG-4, M4V, MP3, AAC, and M4A to iPod touch/ Nano/ Classic with high quality.

Here is the official site to free download: http://www.daniusoft.com/dvd-to-ipod-suite.html#115
And the official guide to help you convert dvd video to ipod: http://www.daniusoft.com/tutorial/ipod-guide.html#115

You just need to Install and run it, click 'Load DVD' to import DVD or click 'Load file' to add video file (or TV shows). If you don't want to convert the whole DVD, you can click 'trim' to cut segment you like. DVD regular have many chapters, if you want to join them into one file, you can pitch on 'Merge into one file', and your iPod can display only one image of whole movie as in music.But don't forget that it's legal convert DVD to iPod for personally not any commercial purposes.

Part three: Where to download free movie for iPod.

There are some free movie websites for movie fans to download movie for iPod and other players.

ShowStash(http://www.showstash.com/): Lots of popular TV shows, cartoons, etc.Mefeedia(http://www.mefeedia.com/): 'Find thousands of video blogs (video podcasts), and watch them on your computer, video iPod or PSP.'The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/): Movie reviews, information about upcoming movie premieres, movie clips, and more.Free Public Domain Movies and Documentaries (http://www.jonhs.net/freemovies/): Free movies and more, all available for free download.iFilm(http://www.ifilm.com/): One of my favorite places on the Web for great videos, trailers, etc.Most of downloaded movies are AVI file, you can use Videora or Daniusoft DVD to iPod Suite to convert AVI video to iPod video.

Part four: Play iPod on TV without Apple TV.

This part is about how to play iPod on TV without Apple TV. As you know, Apple TV is a connector which allows you to stream media files from your computer and view iPod video on TV. You can also store the media files on the unit's hard drive, but the current price of the unit is $300 more or less. So, the article helps you play iPod on TV so you can watch iPod video on TV for free. And you also can watch the video here to know more Why Apple TV is pointless if you've got an iPod.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXd66cNZYD4.It just includes three steps:

Step 1.take a composite video cable. As picture follow:

Step 2, simply plug one end of the cable into the headphones port on iPod and the other end into TV. There is a little problem to plug the composite video into TV because you can't plug it in like you normally do.

Here is the diagram helps explain what cables go where in TV.

In fact, the plugs on TV will be in this order: Red, White, yellow. Plug the cables in this order: yellow, White, Red. Now you've got the cable set up.
Step 3 , set iPod on TV up. Don’t worry, it doesn't hack the iPod and everything goes safe. From the main screen of your iPod, go to 'Video' -> 'Video Settings'. Scroll to TV Out and make it 'Ask' instead of 'Off'.Then, 1) Scroll down to TV Signal and make sure its NTSC if you live in North America/Japan or PAL if you live anywhere else.
2) So after you've set iPod on TV up, back out to Video menu and go pick an iPod video to watch. I chose an episode of Family guy protect Lois Hi.
3) Before the video starts, select 'TV On' , turn on TV and go to wherever you go when you use your video games, VCR, etc.