How to enjoy DVD Movies/Videos/Flash on your iPod (for Mac)

[peck789]

Are you a Mac user?
Do you want to enjoy DVD movies/videos/Flash videos on your iPod Touch/Classic/Nano on Mac OS X?
You may find the following guide are quite helpful to you.
There are three parts in this guide:
Part 1: How to convert DVD to iPod on Mac
Part 2: How to convert videos to iPod on Mac
Part 3: How to convert Flash to iPod on Mac
Make preparations:
(1) You iPod and DVD/Videos/Flash videos
(2) Mac OS X machine
(3) Wondershare DVD to iPod converter for Mac (http://www.macdvdtoipod.com/dvd-to-ipod-converter-mac.html):
4Media iPod video converter for Mac (http://www.macdvdtoipod.com/ipod-video-converter-mac.html): Flv to iPod
converter for Mac
Part 1: How to convert DVD to iPod on Mac
Step 0:Download and install Wondershare DVD to iPod coverter for Mac ( Power PC (http://www.macdvdtoipod.com/download/dvd-to-ipod/wondershare-dvd-to-ipod-converter-mac-powerpc.dmg)) (Intel PC (http://www.macdvdtoipod.com/download/dvd-to-ipod/wondershare-dvd-to-ipod-converter-mac-intel.dmg))
Step 1: Run the software and Import DVD Movies
http://www.macdvdtoipod.com/images/guide/dvd-video-flash-to-ipod-mac/start.jpg
Click the Load DVD button, select the folder of your DVD movie, and click OK. If the DVD movie is on your disc drive, you can
just select the drive and click OK.
Or click the Load IFO button, open the folder of your DVD movie, and you will find two folders in it: AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS.
Open the VIDEO_TS folder, select all the IFO files, and then click OK.
After the DVD movie is imported, you can see all the DVD chapters/titles in it, and then you can check the DVD
chapters/titles you want to rip to your iPod. If you want to rip the whole movie, you can just keep all the DVD
titles/chapters checked.
Step 2: Output Settings
http://www.macdvdtoipod.com/images/guide/dvd-video-flash-to-ipod-mac/setting.jpg
Before ripping DVD movies to iPod video files, there are a few settings you should make:
1. Select the iPod Video format from the Format drop-down list(Apart from ripping DVD to iPod video, it can even rip
DVD to iPod audio).
2. Click the Settings button to make encoding settings including video resolution, frame rate, bit rate and video
encoder, audio encoding settings including sample rate, channel, bit rate and audio encoder.
3. Name each DVD title/chapter in the Output Filename field, and select the DVD subtitle and audio track for the DVD
titles/chapters.
Note: You can check the "Merger into one file" option to join all the selected DVD titles/chapters into one file
instead of creating a separated file for each title/chapter.
Step 3: Start Conversion
Click the Start button to start ripping DVD movies to iPod. Now you can just go talk a walk and wait till the DVD to iPod
conversion is completed. After that, you can just transfer the created files to your iPod with iTunes.
Tip 1: Trim Movie
If you just want to rip a clip from your DVD movie, you can click the Trim icon to capture the clip. In the Trim window, you
can trim the length of the current title/chapter by either dragging the Start Time and End Time sliders or setting the time
parameters in each corresponding field.
http://www.macdvdtoipod.com/images/guide/dvd-video-flash-to-ipod-mac/trim.jpg
Tip 2: Crop Video
If you DVD video has black sides, you can use this Crop function to remove them. Click the Crop icon to open the Crop window,
and set the crop area by dragging the crop frame or setting the four crop parameters (Top, Bottom, Left and Right).
http://www.macdvdtoipod.com/images/guide/dvd-video-flash-to-ipod-mac/crop.jpg
Tip 3: Movie Effect
If you are not content with the original effect, you can click the Effect icon to set the video brightness, contrast,
saturation, and audio volume. You can also choose to apply a special effect to your movie video from effects including Gray,
Emboss and Negative.

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Part 2: How to convert videos to iPod on Mac
Step 0: download and install 4Media Video Converter for Mac ( Power PC (http://www.macdvdtoipod.com/download/ipod-video-converter/m-ipod-video-converter-for-powerpc-mac-108068.dmg))：
(Intel PC
(http://www.macdvdtoipod.com/download/ipod-video-converter/m-ipod-video-converter-for-intel-mac-108068.dmg))
Step 1: Load Files
Click "Add" button in the left top of main menu and open pop-up window. Browse and select the folder to find video or audio
files you wish to convert.
http://www.macdvdtoipod.com/images/guide/dvd-video-flash-to-ipod-mac/video-start.jpg
Step 2: Output Settings
Select one file and it' s highlighted. In the "General setting", choose one format you want the file to be converted to in
the "Profile" combo box. Video and audio quality can be adjusted, and you can also modify the output file.
"Advanced" contains more specific settings like video codec, frame rate, channels, etc. Change them as you need.
On the right-hand corner, you can preview the video file. Take a snapshot by clicking the camera-like button when playing.
http://www.macdvdtoipod.com/images/guide/dvd-video-flash-to-ipod-mac/video-profile.jpg
Step 3: Trim Your Video (optional)
If you feel the video have some parts you dislike when previewing, click "Trim" button to set "Begin" and "End" point for the
segment you want to retain when playing the video. After clicking "OK", the item you made changes will display a blue
scissors on the left of the file name.
Well now you have made all your settings, we are ready to begin.
http://www.macdvdtoipod.com/images/guide/dvd-video-flash-to-ipod-mac/video-trim.jpg
Step 4: Conversion
Select one file or several you want to convert in the queue. This is simply done by clicking the "Convert". That makes batch
conversion very easy and it will convert the files one by one in the queue. Once you want to end the conversion, just click
"Stop" button to give up this operation. Click "Convert" again, it will restart converting the item.
And you can see the conversion status for each item at the end of the line.
http://www.macdvdtoipod.com/images/guide/dvd-video-flash-to-ipod-mac/video-convert.jpg

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After Minutes of Waiting it will display "Completed" by the end of conversion in the "Status" row. Click "Open" to see the
file you've converted.
Part 3: How to convert Flash to iPod on Mac
Step 0: Download and install FLV to iPod converter for Mac. ( Power PC (http://www.macdvdtoipod.com//download/free-flash-to-ipod/isky-video-converter-powerpc.dmg))：(Intel PC (http://www.macdvdtoipod.com//download/free-flash-to-ipod/isky-video-converter-intel.dmg))
http://www.macdvdtoipod.com/images/guide/dvd-video-flash-to-ipod-mac/flash-to-ipod.jpg
Step 1: Click the “Add Files” button to select some FLV files you want to convert.
Step 2: In the output format option, click the down arrow, then choose iPod format as you want .
Step 3: Under the output Folder , Click the"Browse" button to select the destination folder you want your Flv videos
to store.
Step 4: Click the “Convert” button to start the conversion and it will be finished in a short while.
Now enjoy DVD Movies/Videos/Flash Videos on your iPod.

[nina7683]

If you have an iPod or if you are planning to have one, you can upload plenty of materials besides music, such as movies, video clips or television shows. Then it a good idea to copy streaming videos off the popular video sharing sites, YouTube, Dailymotion, Google Video, Yahoo! Video, etc, for playback on your iPod when you are on the move: waiting in a long queue, sitting on the waiting room of airport, etc. If this is the case, then you will find this article useful for you. Now come and enjoy reading it.

How to downlaod FLV?
By the assistance of FREE FLV downloader program: FLV downloader (http://www.flvsoft.com/download_flv/), It will be downloaded video from youtube,Google Video, Myspace, Metacafe, Dailymotion, iFilm, Music, eVideoShare, StreetFire, etc. off to your computer's hard drive in flv format - use flv player to view it.

Moyea FLV to Video Converter Pro (http://reg.moyea.com/download/?n=www.flvsoft.com) is such a conversion tool that will allow you to obtain the quality and output size in converting FLV to iPod movie. But generally speaking, the higher the picture and audio quality, the longer it will take to convert. For detailed information on this converter, you can click here (http://www.flvsoft.com/flv_to_video/) to gain access to evaluate the overall quality of the product: audio & video customization; ease of use, conversion speed, etc. Anyhow, you will find that it is a fine FLV to iPod Converter.

The present page is to graphically show you how this product will offer you the solution to converting online FLV movies to MP4 iPod video.

1, Import the source FLV file into the program
When you have imported the source FLV files into the FLV to iPod Converter, the FLV file will be played back in the Preview Panel automatically. You can view the source information of the FLV file by clicking on the question icon at the top left corner of the Preview Panel for reference.

http://www.flvsoft.com/flv_to_ipod/image/flv_to_video_converter.gif

2, Configure the settings for iPod movie

Click on the Settings tab, and you will be able to turn the settings to MP4 iPod settings.u can crop the size of the video to determine what content is to be shown:
http://www.flvsoft.com/flv_to_ipod/image/ipod_settings.gif

3, Encode the iPod movie
With this FLV to Video Converter from Moyea, conversion of FLV to MP4 iPod movie is merely a 3-step process, and what leaves is to import the encoded iPod MP4 movie into your cute iPod player with itunes and sit back to enjoy.

[jack150]

thank you very much your guide is very useful. thanks a lot.

[gump456]

nice one, thank you very much.:p