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Any video to iPod

O.K. I have shown you how to convert a DVD to iPod, but you might be asking how do I convert other videos ? Well here’s how . First you need to get Any video converter at www.any-video-converter.com/download/ you want the free one. Now that you have the tool you need to learn how to use it. First you will need to find the video you want to convert. O.K. Now drag and drop it in the program. O.K. now that you have that done it’s time to set the converting options.

1. Set the output profile to Mobile Phone. 2. Set the video codec to mpeg-4. 3. Set the video size to 320 by 240. 4. Set the video bitrate to 384. 5. set the video frame rate as close to the original frame rate. Now click start encoding and when its done you will have a iPod video.

Hint it can convert vob files to.

September 24, 2007 Posted by compugeek | ipod, software, video | , , | No Comments Yet

DVD to ipod

Todays tip is about converting dvds for iPod.

For the first tip you will need acala dvd 3gp ripper found at www.cutedvd.com/html/download.html

O.K. all you have to do is have the settings like in the picture, with video bitrate at excellent, frame size at 320 by 240 , set the output folder, click the + button, open the Video_ts folder, select the title and press the triangle to convert to 3gp. After it is Converted go to the folder then goto tools, folder options, view, and uncheck the hide extensions for known file types.

Select the file and press f2 and change the extension from .3gp to .mp4 and you have now converted a dvd so you can watch it on your iPod .

September 23, 2007 Posted by compugeek | ipod, software, tech, video | , , | 3 Comments