Video file size

I have recently bought an ipod touch, having downgraded (in memory size) from an 80 Gb 5th gen ipod video.
I am having trouble getting my videos to be of a reasonable size, and most importantly of a reasonable quality.
A friend of mine gave me a copy of Family Guy, seasons 1-5 (I already own these on DVD, so I'm not breaking any laws) on a memory stick and they were 2.7Gb in size for 63 episodes, and the quality is really good (on my ipod anyway).
But, whenever I convert anything from DVD to mp4 (Or that H264 jobby) using off the shelf converters, the file size is either huge (133Mb, per family guy episode!), or the quality is really bad (completely un-watchable).
Does anybody know a good converter that will give a reasonable file size with a reasonable playback quality for my ipod?
Message was edited by: richyscot1

you can google them. Handbrake, videora...etc.

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