iPod Fastest Ipod Video Decoder???

[whyrichard]

Hello Beautiful mac people,


what would be the fastest, most recommended and perhaps even versetial, ipod video decoder?


DVD-Ipod as a drag and drop?!

any other video --ipod drag and drop?!

snap snap real quick?


r.

 

[Eraserhead]

I'm afraid they are all pretty slow, I'd recommend Handbrake (and Mac the Ripper if the DVD is encrypted) for the job

 

[seenew]

Yeah, Handbrake is the best for DVD-iPod, and it only takes like two settings adjustments before you can click Rip. Here's an easy tutorial.
http://howto.diveintomark.org/ipod-dvd-ripping-guide/

If you want to convert movies already on your computer, I suggest iSquint. It's pretty stable, easy, and quick. Converts a lot of filetypes, even (SOME) windows media.
http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/19769

 

[~Shard~]

Another excellent video format conversion utility is VisualHub. Even though it is not free it is very inexpensive for what you get, and as a result I highly recommend it.

 

[Chundles]

Just so you know, the new Core Duo Macs absolutely wipe the floor with the old PPC Macs (except maybe the PMs) when encoding DVDs to video files.