How-to: Put DVD movies on the iPhone or iPod touch
February 22nd, 2008 by iPhoneAtlasHandBrake, a free Mac OS X/Windows utility for ripping videos from DVDs and saving them in various formats — including MP4 files that are playable by the iPhone/iPod Touch — has been updated to include the ability to generate iPhone-compatible anamorphic video at its full size. As such, we've put together a quick guide for moving DVD video to the iPhone/iPod touch.
* Insert the desired DVD into your computer's optical drive
* Download HandBrake and launch the application
* You should be presented with a prompt to open a source. If not, select File > Open Source and choose your DVD.
* Select Presets > Update Presets.
* Click the -Toggle Presets" button in the upper right corner of the main window.
* Select iPhone/iPod Touch from the resulting list
* Click the -Start" button in the upper-left of the main window
* Click the -Show Queue" button, then the arrow next to your movie's name. This will tell you where HandBrake is saving the resulting .MP4 file. Under Mac OS X, it's the Desktop by default. Wait until the video has been saved.
* Launch iTunes, and select File > Import. Choose the MP4 file created by HandBrake
* Connect your iPhone/iPod Touch and select it in iTunes.
* Go to the -Video" tab and make sure that the -Sync Movies" box is checked, and your newly created MP4 file is selected.
* Click the -Sync" button
Your movie should now be stored on your iPhone/iPod Touch and available for viewing.
For more information on using HandBrake to copy your DVDs for a variety of formats visit our step-by-step guide.
hey followed all the steps have the m4r files sitting in my ringtones folder on itunes- but even after i have synced phone they do not appear on phones ringtone list...... HELP????? 
John
February 22nd, 2008 at 7:53am
After the import to iTunes step it's also worth checking to see whether or not the file now has two opies, one in your iTunes library and the other in the original location. Do this in iTunes by right-clicking (ctrl-clicking) the movie in iTunes and choosing Show in Finder (Show in Windows Explorer on a PC) and checking where the file is. If it's different from the original location and the file is also still in the original location, dleete the original, after all, movie files can get big and there's no need to have two copies of them... I have been impressed by the quality produced by Handbrake in ripping movies for my iPod Touch. BTW - There are Handbrake versions for OS X, Windows and Linux (http://handbrake.fr/?article=download)
Brendon Chase
February 22nd, 2008 at 8:25am
Great tip John. The same could be said for music folders on your Mac -- make sure there isn't two copies of the same mp3s!
vediason
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:15am
I always use HandBrake to help me convert DVD movies to MP4 format for playback on my iPod touch. I am fond of it so much. Here is another guide that I refer to http://macdvdripper.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/how-to-rip-dvd-on-mac-with-handbrake/ P.S. My OS is based on Mac.
windbell
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:19am
Cool, thanks for nice guide, and here I also got a useful guide on how to Download DVD PDF Podcast Limewire and YouTube video to iPod, share with you: http://www.aimersoft.com/tutorial/download-dvd-pdf-youtube-videoto-ipod.html
mona
March 6th, 2008 at 6:51pm
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john
March 6th, 2008 at 9:32pm
bookmark you thx
kate
March 7th, 2008 at 2:48am
hi great site 10x
Johnny Appleseed
March 20th, 2008 at 9:40pm
The new feature offers anamorphic video for iPhone "at full size". However the iPhone/iPod touch preset mentioned above shrinks the video down to iPhone/iPod touch screen size. So how should one achieve the "full size"? I've tried the "Normal" preset but it was incompatible with the iPod touch.
free DVD to iPod mac
December 10th, 2008 at 6:50pm
HandBrake - Updated HandBrake encodes more than DVDs
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December 20th, 2008 at 5:11pm
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dudude
February 4th, 2009 at 2:15pm
I still prefer using Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter to help me convert DVD to iPod Touch. It works like a charm. Plus, it is also a pretty good video converter and YouTube downloader for iPod Nano, iPod Touch and iPod Classic. Below is its step by step tutorial about how to rip DVD, convert video and download YouTube video to iPod Nano: http://www.clone2go.com/tutorials/how-to-convert-dvd-video-youtube-to-ipod-nano.php
lisachan
February 20th, 2009 at 1:52pm
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iMac
December 22nd, 2009 at 2:29am
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seriousfear
January 4th, 2010 at 12:21pm
Woah, great quality after converting :/ I found a youtube video which allows you to download new and old movies (even ones in Cinemas) from your iPod/iPhone :D iPod Touch or iPhone needs to be JailBroken... Here's link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evg1OJFOVXc Works great with me! :D
Missy
February 18th, 2010 at 7:17am
Horrible, picture quality is all distorted, like a broken test pattern, and the sound come in and out. Worthless.