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Do you have a ton of DVD's? Want to watch them on your iPod, iPhone or Apple TV? Here's a tutorial that explains how to use an awesome program called Handbrake to rip DVD's into MPEG-4 video files.
Handbrake is available for PC, but it's still in the experimental beta stages.
Requirements:
- An iPod, iPhone or Apple TV
- 500 MHz processor or better with at least 16MB of video RAM
- QuickTime 7.0.3 or later
- iTunes 6.0.1 or later
Download Handbrake from one of the sites listed below and install it. To install Handbrake, just copy the program into your OS X Applications folder. Handbrake is free. If you already have Handbrake installed, please check to see if your version is out of date. Several new improvements have been made recently to the program, specifically for the iPod Video.
You can download Handbrake using any of the links listed below:
- Handbrake (Mac OS X, Linux, & Windows)
NERD NOTE: HandBrake is a GPL'd multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter. HandBrake was originally available on the BeOS, but now has been ported over to Mac OS X and to GNU/Linux.
Grab a video DVD and put it into your computer. Handbrake can only convert standard video DVD's that you would normally play in a DVD player. If you have a DVD-ROM with random video files saved on it (AVI, MPG, WMV, MOV, etc), Handbrake will not be able to convert these files. Depending on your computer's preferences, the DVD Player application might automatically open. If it does, just quit it. Only one application should be accessing the DVD at a time.
Launch Handbrake. Select Detected volume and press the Open button.
![[Handbrake source selection dialog]](http://www.methodshop.com/gadgets/tutorials/handbrake/detectedvolume.jpg)
