Video Conversions

I have a slight problem (if you actually want to call it that).
I have quite a few DVDs full of videos (like actual band DVDs ... aka Video Hits), and i wanted to know what everyone uses to rip vidz onto your computer? I tried Xilisoft DVD Ripper, but the quality of the rip isn't that great (audio good, video bad). *if this is illegal (even though it's not for distribution, only for my iPod), just ignore that question, and maybe answer this one ...
I also have close to 400 mpeg videos (music vidz) on my computer & i was wondering what everyone uses to convert existing MPEGs into iPod playable vidz? i tried Xilisoft Video Converter (from mpeg to mp4), but the audio doesn't sync ... any other suggestions for what to use to convert to iPod vidz? I noticed that if you buy a vid from iTunes, it uses a really nice quality M4V ... how do i rip / convert to that???
iPod 60GB Video Windows XP Pro Universal Dock ... iPod Software 1.1

If M4V is the same as MP4, then yes. (But isn't mp4 what you'd want? That's what the iPod will play.)
Edit: My mistake...I believe they're the same, it's just that the iPod videos are recorded/distributed at high quality.

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I actually had no clue what the core problem was caused by. So it's Windows itself...that helps some.
I'll resubmit there. It might actually have saved time for it to simply have been moved to there instead of off-topic, though I suppose you have to follow protocol.

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"The screen resolution of the phone is 400wide x 240high. When I convert a video to that resolution the phone always reduces it to 320 wide instead of filling the screen to the 400 wide and makes the 240 high even smaller. If I convert the video to a larger size it makes the video on screen even smaller."
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I am looking for best practice for video conversions.
I am downloading adobe recordings via this method:
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Best practice video conversion from download
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Yes, I use this as a last resort, as the quality of capture this was is
signifcatnly lower. As well as it is a much more time consuming process. I
sometimes have over 50 parts of 1 hour video. To use camtasia, you need
first to record it, then it must be saved in a camtasia format, and then
lastly rendered into avi or wmv. Therefore, it is does take awhile.
Really, I feel there shouldnt be so many errors in the conversion process,
but I am finding the FLV recordings themselves have problems. This last
file I am looking at, even the recording playback on adobe connect, has
serious issues with audio and video sync. A problem that is all too common
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