Question for putting video on Ipod?

So I have a video Ipod. Shouldn't Apple supply software for this task? Most video has to be changed over to Mpeg4 to work anyways..right? I found my Tivo files must be "transcoded" over to Mpeg4 to work. I tried the Catalyst trial software which does great but does cost $25.00!

Apple doesn't supply much video conversion software. There is a basic conversion function in iTunes itself (Advanced>Convert for ...) but nothing terribly sophisticated. I suspect, this is, in part due to the fact that there are legal issues surrounding the conversion of commercial DVDs to an iPod/iTunes friendly format (breaking the encryption, a necessary first step in copying them, is illegal in the U.S.), Apple just wants to stay clear of a lot of that. Also, Apple primarily makes software for machines running it's own operating system. Quicktime Pro has more conversion options but I don't know if there is a Windows version. If there were, it would be about $29.99.
There are free or lower cost options for video conversion. They'd probably pop up with a quick Google search.

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