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    Downloading movies on I-Touch

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by apes, May 28, 2008.

  1. apes

    apes Notebook Consultant

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    Is there anyway to to put DVD's, of movies I own on I-Touch?
     
    apes, May 28, 2008
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  2. cdnalsi

    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    Yeah, just use Handbrake to rip your DVDs

    edit: for Windows, try this little guide: click!
     
    cdnalsi, May 28, 2008
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    cycloneguy2618 Notebook Deity

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  4. apes

    apes Notebook Consultant

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    Are most DVD's sold by retail stores encrypted, and will that prevent Handbrake from working. Not trying to break any laws, just want to watch movies I already own on my I-touch.
     
    apes, May 28, 2008
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  5. cdnalsi

    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    How about Mediafork then?

    I know it's based on Handbrake, but still, you might get lucky..
     
    cdnalsi, May 28, 2008
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  6. SauronMOS

    SauronMOS Notebook Evangelist

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    Just wanted to say that the name is iPod touch not "iTouch" or "I-Touch". Just iPod touch :)
     
    SauronMOS, May 28, 2008
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  7. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah, I would use HandBrake, its the big one for Mac OS X. Make sure you own the movies! :)
     
    Sam, May 28, 2008
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  8. a4 abt

    a4 abt Notebook Guru

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    VisualHub also works great, but you first have to rip the DVD to your computer.
     
    a4 abt, May 28, 2008
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  9. apes

    apes Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks.

    And sorry SauronMOS, I'm just an old guy with a toy.
     
    apes, May 28, 2008
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  10. 00fez

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    If you have movies in other formats already ripped, I recommend using Super to convert them for i-touch use. It's a windows program though, but it's worked pretty well for me.
     
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  11. Xander

    Xander Paranoid Android

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    Yes, most retail movie DVDs are encrypted to prevent duplication. The Mac OS X version of HandBrake will decrypt them. However, I would recommend you first rip the DVD to your hard drive with MacTheRipper. The Windoze version of HandBrake does not decrypt DVDs so you would need to use something like DVD Decrypter.

    And you should note that some movie companies are beginning to include a digital copy on the DVD:

    Twentieth Century Fox & <noparse>Apple</noparse> Introduce iTunes Digital Copy

    Die Hard Packages Digital Copy With Its DVD
     
    Xander, May 28, 2008
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  12. apes

    apes Notebook Consultant

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    Handbrake added the movie to my desktop, I dragged into my itunes library, but it didn'y sync, said my ipod could not play this video. Any thoughts?
     
    apes, May 29, 2008
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  13. Xander

    Xander Paranoid Android

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    Use the iPhone/iPod Touch Preset.
     
    Xander, May 29, 2008
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    apes Notebook Consultant

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    Got it, works great. Thank you
     
    apes, May 29, 2008
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  15. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    handbrake for dvds, visualhub for any other movie files.

    enjoy.
     
    masterchef341, May 29, 2008
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  16. SauronMOS

    SauronMOS Notebook Evangelist

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    So you encourage people to partake in illegal activities (breaking the encryption does violate the DMCA in the US), yet we're not allowed to discuss perfectly legal activities such as unlocking the iPhone?
     
    SauronMOS, May 30, 2008
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  17. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Please, SauronMOS. I have stated this many times. This is not my policy. If you want to bring it up, I am not the person to talk to, it is my superior, Chaz. I only enforce as I am told. Please understand.
     
    Sam, May 30, 2008
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  18. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    They need to find a line and stick to it. You can talk about copying DVDs and not no cd patching games?

     
    Lysander, May 30, 2008
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  19. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    Sauron calm down. It's not his fault. Believe me your not the only one that thinks it's stupid we can't talk about unlocking the iPhone. But you don't have to take it out on Sam. As he has told you many times, talk to Chaz about it.
     
    stealthsniper96, May 30, 2008
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  20. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Lysander, if you would like, make that same comment to Chaz, directly. He won't see it here, it seems directed to me, and I have explained many times already. If you want to see a difference, bring it up, or please don't complain on the forums.
     
    Sam, May 30, 2008
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