Converting videos for my ipod??

i downloaded a video and want to put it on my video ipod..when i tried it said it couldnt,so i clicked the thing that converts it to i guess ipod format or something..anyway its a one hour movie and its not even half way done converting is it suppose to take this long,am doing something wrong?..also do i have to convert every kind of movie or show i put on it??
-help me please,thankyou

Converting DVD or video files to an ipod friendly format is very processor and RAM hungry - these files can take some time to convert, after all the convertor has to work on each and every frame you view. I tend to run my conversion tasks overnight in batches (I use Xilisoft software) so it doesn't bother me. As a rough guide a 45min avi file conversion takes approx 15 mins and a 4Gb DVD about an hour - these times will obviously vary with the spec of machine, I have a 3.0GHz, 1Gb RAM laptop...

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