“What if you want to transfer content from a DVD you already own to the iPod? There’s a nifty piece of open source software called HandBrake that lets you convert DVD content to MPEG-4. Here’s a tutorial page that explains the process,” Derrick Story writes for Mac DevCenter. “HandBrake is available for both Mac OS X and Linux. It was originally developed for BeOS.”

Full article with links to the HandBrake application and tutorial here.

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