There are many ways to convert DVDs for use on your iPod. I will illustrate one of them here. Download and install two software programs, DVD43 and Handbrake. DVD43 runs in the background and decrypts, or removes copy protection, from the movie. It works with Windows 2000, XP and Vista.
In the taskbar pictured above you can see the green smiling face on the left. When a DVD is in your drive, the smiley face signifies that DVD43 is ready to work. A yellow unhappy face (on the right) means there is no DVD in the drive. You don’t have to do anything with this program after it’s installed. It runs automatically.
