Frustration i spell you i-P-O-D, problems with setting up video on my ipod.

Question

hey everyone, i just upgraded from my ipod mini to these new ipod videos. i came home hooked it up, installed the newer itunes and registered the ipod but my videos were unable to be put on the ipod. i realized i had to download quicktime pro 7, which i did. i picked a few music videos to test it out which each took an eternity to convert, following the apple website instructions to a T. after waiting for what seemed like hours the videos were converted and able to be played on the ipod.. but there was no audio. how can i put my videos on my ipod with the original audio? this is incredibly frustrating!

Answer 1

I have also had problems getting video to copy onto my new iPod video. The only video I had any success with was, of course, those videos purchased from the iTMS (iTunes Music Store).
I have had success using a shareware program called: iSquint (http://www.isquint.org/). But this program will only convert existing QuickTime movies to an iPod compatible format - H.264 (.mp4).
Some of the videos I converted using iSquint were first ripped from DVD movies using a program called: DVDxDV (http://www.dvdxdv.com/DVDxDV.overview.htm). The problem is that with movies longer than 10 min. - the audio and video get out of sync with each other. Movies shorter than 10 min. seem to transfer just fine.
I found a shareware program called: Handbrake (http://handbrake.m0k.org/) that will rip movies directly from DVD to an iPod compatible format. But none of the movies I ripped from DVD would transfer to the iPod.
I studied the [extensive] tutorials found at the iPod Lounge (http://www.iLounge.com/) on ripping DVD movies to iPod compatible formats and I thought I did everything to the letter. But I haven’t been able to transfer any DVD movie ripped using the Handbrake method to the iPod.
Everything I'm doing seems to match up with Apple's requirements and the tutorial on: "Creating video for iPod" at:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/creatingvideo.html
One last note: Strangely, I can't get any video converted using QuickTime Pro 7.0.3 "export to iPod (320 x 240)" codec to transfer to iPod either. When I spoke to Apple Tech Support on this, I was told Apple doesn't support transferring video to the iPod using any method other than the iTMS. That doesn't make any sense. Why would they post a tutorial on creating video for iPod if they don't support it?
Has anyone had any success at getting movies ripped directly from DVD to an iPod compatible format that will actually play on their iPod? If so, please help...
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