Moving my own movies to my iPod

Hello,
I recently bought a 80gb iPod and I am extreme happy with it.
Apart from a very nice collection of music, I also stored pictures on it that are very dear to me.
Now I saw that iTunes also allows to place movies on my iPod, but as far as I can see only movies I bought through iTunes.
Is it somehow possible to store also my own movies on my iPod, so I can watch them any time I like and show them to my friends?
Thanks in advance,
Rob.

Does this help?
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/creatingvideo.html

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