Re: [ARSCLIST] DVD video to iPod

[Angie Dickinson Mickle <angie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was on a flight from Denver to Chicago a couple months ago that 
offered no video (movie or otherwise) and a lot of junk on the audio. 
Something to watch, even on a small screen was welcoming.

Angie Dickinson Mickle
Avocado Productions
Arvada, CO
www.avocadoproductions.com
800-246-3811


Jack Palmer wrote:
> Frankly I have wondered about that.  Why would anyone want to watch a 
> movie on a DVD?  They are often too large in scope to even enjoy on a TV 
> screen. Jack
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Strauss" <fbsdmd@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 10:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DVD video to iPod
>
>
> > I have used software/instructions found at
> >
> > video-2-ipod.com
> >
> > It costs $34.95 and works fine on a PC, although it takes a while.  
> > Part of
> > it is a decrypter and part of it is a transcoder (freeware called 
> > Videora)
> > that converts the decrypted file to a file that the iPod reads.  I 
> > think the
> > sticking point is the decryption, which would seem not legal.  I also had
> > problems with the sound.  The version of Quicktime/iTunes that came 
> > with the
> > iPod was fine, but I downloaded a new version of Quicktime/iTunes and 
> > during
> > playback from the iPod, the audio portion of the movies stopped after 
> > about
> > 20 seconds, although the video continued.  Re-loading the 
> > Quicktime/iTunes
> > that came with the iPod restored the audio.  Quicktime strikes again.  I
> > only converted a few dvd's, because it is devilish hard to view a 
> > movie on
> > the iPod screen.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Frank B Strauss, DMD