In October 2005 Apple Computers introduced the first iPod capable of playing videos and movies. The small, lightweight MP3 player was not only capable of holding literally thousands of songs and audio files, but it was also capable of storing videos and movies to watch on its small color screen.

For the next several months leading up to the 2005 Christmas holiday season, the Video iPod received an abundance of media attention. It quickly became one of the hottest selling holiday gifts. Consumers loved the original iPod because it gave them the ability to carry their entire music collection with them wherever they went in one small, lightweight battery-powered device. Now, it seemed they would be able do the same with their movie collections.

There was one small problem. Unlike in the music versions, Apple did not include an option to rip movies to play on the Video iPod. Many consumers were frustrated when they got their new Video iPods, but didn’t have any video files to play on them.

Recognizing there would be a demand for a simple solution to this problem, a small software development company called Cucusoft Technologies introduced its first iPod video converter software just weeks after the first Video iPod hit store shelves.

The software, called the iPod Video Converter, was an instant success. It allowed consumers to quickly and easily convert any movie to play on their Video iPod. In addition to converting movies, it also converted files in other formats such as DivX, XVid, MOV, RM, RMVB, MPEG, WMV, AVI and others to the Video iPod format.

Although other software companies also launched similar iPod Video converter products around this time, Cucusoft’s product was one of the most popular due to its simplicity of use. The entire process only took a few minutes. Consumers simply chose the file to convert, then pressed the “convert” button and moments later a new file is ready to upload to the Video iPod.

The fastest and easiest to use iPod touch converter software is by far PQDVD to iPod Touch Software Suite. Software gurus agree that PQ iPod Software Suite is a simple one-click program that offers an all-in-one solution for downloading and conversion needs.

Apple iPod touch movies and iPod touch videos are quickly converted with a simple click. The software not only supports most formats, but also helps the user to convert DivX, Tivo, AVI, MPEG, Real Media, Xvid, WMV and more to iPod touch.

In reality PQ DVD to iPod Software is 400x faster then other iPod software that is currently on the market. What this means is that the user is guaranteed super fast results. This high-quality iPod software is capable of DVD movie conversion.

When a DVD movie is converted the user of the iPod Software is receiving top video quality plus several advanced features that allow the user to literally turn their iPod touch into a portable movie theater. Watch your favorite movies, both new and old, anytime and anywhere.

The features of the conversion iPod software include one-click iPod touch conversion, easy video splitting, customizing video quality, high quality format, simple video crop, subtitle and language change through DVD menu, DTS Surround audio support, etc.

The list of features appears to be endless when considering the latest in iPod Touch Software. Consider having the ability to download and watch your favorite movies, in a matter of minutes, while commuting to work or school. Take the movies that you love with you where ever you go.

Enjoy high-quality movies converted from DVD to your iPod in mere moments. It is times like these that one is glad to be living in the technological era. Adults and children alike will appreciate and love watching movies virtually anywhere.

If you want to convert (or ‘rip’) a DVD to run on your iPod, you will need software to perform the conversion as well as a copy of iTunes on your computer. Ipods with video use the MPEG-4 video format with the H.264 codec. Fortunately, there are a couple of conversion methods possible to get there from your DVDs.

Using an older, commonly 2-step conversion process, you could first convert your DVDs from their DVD format to .avi files, then convert from those files from .avi to .mov (QuickTime), and then finally upload to your iPod via iTunes.

Or you could simply purchase a DVD to iPod conversion utility such as PQ, Avex and Cucusoft DVD to iPod programs convert DVD formats directly from the DVD to the iPod file format.

The things to look for in a one-step converter are speed, audio and video quality (since you will be converting both video and audio files), as well as ease-of-use for beginners, since converters often come with advanced features difficult for the newbie to grasp.

Newbies will definitely want instructions as it’s not intuitive what to do when opening a DVD in a converter and see all kinds of weird files and folders, such as VOB (Video Objects - where the movie files are), IFO (files that provide information for DVD players about where chapters start, where certain audio tracks are located, and so forth) and BUP (simply backup files.) Plus questions about bit rates and image sizes may throw a beginner as well, so ease-of-use is essential.

Also, if you are looking specifically at a DVD converter, not a more general video converter, make sure it converts all DVD formats. Not all do. And, as always, look for reviews from trusted sources such as CNet.

Converting your DVD movies to iPod format is only part of the process, however. You also will need to load the results into your iPod.

To do this, you must have iTunes on your computer. Fortunately iTunes is available free for both Macs and PCs from Apple and uploading is easy.

Simply drag the MP4 or .mov file you have converted into your iTunes library or select Add to Library from the File menu, and then select the desired movie. (Note: You probably want to click on “Videos” in the left column then double click on your file just to make sure the video actually works.) Then load the movie onto you iPod for your viewing pleasure.

IWatchFilm Movie Library provides special PDA edition for watching movies on your iPod. But if you failed to find you can also download any DVD movie from IWatchFilm and convert it to iPod format. A complete movie is usually only from $1.99 to $4.99.