Help please-Movie option "grayed out"

I've looked through a few online manuals and can't find this anywhere...I just got a 30gb vid iPod and downloaded movies from "bought movies" in itunes but I want to put some dvds of mine onto it. I put the dvd into a dvd drive (using a windows xp) and I go to my computer and there it is, under the drive name is XXX_dvd(xxx=whatever name is). I try dragging the file to library or my ipod and it looks like it worked. I look through the library/ipod and cant find it. I read a manual that says I have to have my ipod set to Manually Update, Playlist Update, or AutoUpdate. When I go into my ipod options I find that under the video option it is completely grayed out, I cant switch anything, and the check is next to "Dont update videos". How can I switch it so my ipod is one of the three options?

It's not quite as simple as that. You should read this.
How to copy DVDs to your iPod using free software for Windows.

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