It is really worth for you to pay to download movies from the net to populate your iPod Video? For many it's worth it. That's why there are so many websites engaged in the video downloads for iPod videos. The Apple iTunes leads the pack. But when you make a Google search on "video download for iPod," you get 29.9 million search results. That's how popular video downloads are.
Your options :
Many serious video aficionados have disposed of their earlier VHS and laser disc titles to make room for the more efficient DVDs. Most of them would not want another format hanging around in the house. With mobile toys like the iPod video, they might have to make room for another. Luckily, there are quite a number of free download sites and a number of software applications you can buy and even download freely on the net. These softwares can convert your favorite DVD movies to the size and format for the iPod video and any mobile video playing gadget out there.
Admittedly, many free download sites may not carry the video you like. And you could end up getting copyrighted materials that will make you a conspirator violating the relevant intellectual property laws of your country. And even if they are in the public domain, the quality of the videos leaves much to be desired. They may be easy to download as their file sizes are small. However their bitrates are low, which is often the reason why they work with virtually any mobile video gadget out there. They won't always look nice in the iPod Video even if in the correct container file format.
And that's because for a video material too look good on the iPod video, you need to have sufficient bitrates for your video file to look great. Many paid download sites can offer that. But it can be a little awkward having to have one movie or TV episode title in two or more formats. So the one option preferred by many is just to convert their favourite collection titles to the format the iPod Video and other mobile gadgets support.
What are the video specs ?
Ipod video players have the ability to read and play MPEG-4 and H.264 video. Video resolutions of up to 480 x 480 and 320 x 240 pixels are optimized for it. Some of them though have said to play wide screen resolutions of up to 640x360 using MPEG-4 and 400x192 while using H.264. The screen capabilities are often dependent on what the users can tinker around with.
The iPod video supports 65,536 colors or what is technically called 16-bit color screen. It also has the ability to feed to an external display or TV using the right AV accessory cable you can buy separately. Not really advisable if you are using a large screen as the iPod feed can look awfully pixilated. But for its 2.5" screen, the iPod video can look gorgeous playing the video file with the right bitrate and resolution.
Enter the Converters :
So what can you do with video converters for the iPod? Actually a lot, but first you need a PC or laptop with enough hard disk space to house a ripped DVD title. There are debates on whether this practice infringes on intellectual property laws but many legal pundits agree they fall within consumer rights for as long as they don't earn from it.
These converters can do a pretty accurate and thorough job of converting your DVD's MPEG2 video files contained in the VOB container format to the required H.254 or MPEG4 formats for your iPod Videos. First you have to rip the DVD video files to your PC and then perform the conversion. Much of the conversion work depends on how you ripped the DVD files. Ripping tools give you a choice whether to go by chapter or by file. All DVD titles have VOB files not exceeding 1GB each with some much smaller than that. Most movies have about 4-5 VOB files and your ripping tool can have them on your hard disk or you can opt to rip by chapter. This will yield a lot of individual files often reaching 40-50 files depending on how the DVD authoring chapters were set-up.
Once you have those VOB files on your PC, it's really a straightforward thing to convert each of them to MPEG4 or H.254 files. But you also get as many converted files as there are VOB files on your drive. Chapter files get converted individually and this can make for easy navigation on the iPod as you can jump from one chapter to another on the menu. You can use another software tool called a concatenating tool or a joiner which can string together various video files of the same format and resolution into just one. That's another software tool you can opt to download from any freeware sites or purchase it from a suitable vendor.
Loading the video into the iPod :
The final step is to drag your converted video files to your iTunes software under video category. You can put up sub-categories on it as your playlist and this gets uploaded to your iPod when you drag the video files to it within the iTunes platform. Then watch it play away and enjoy your favourite videos while on the move.
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