This document will show you how to trim, crop, convert video to iPod video formats including MP4, M4V and MP3 at length, it also fit for the new iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPod Classic and iPod Video. You can refer to it step by step and take the conversion an easy trip. If you want to convert DVD and edit edit DVD movie to iPod, you can refer to the guide at http://www.aimersoft.com/tutorial/dvd-to-ipod-converter.html

This iPod Video guide includes two parts as follow:
1. How to convert video to for iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPod Classic and iPod Video?
2. How to trim, crop, join and edit video for iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPod Classic and iPod Video?

 

The video formats Aimersoft iPod Video Converter support are as follows:
AVI, XviD, WMV, MPEG, MPG, FLV, DAT, RM, RMVB, MOV, ASF, FLV, MP4, M4V, Limewire, youtube video

The audio formats supported by Aimersoft iPod Video Converter are:
MP3, M4A. AAC

 

Part 1: How to convert video to iPod Nano, iPod Touch, iPod Classic and iPod Video?
Step1. Please download Aimersoft iPod Video Converter; you can free download it from here.
http://www.aimersoft.com/ipod-video-converter.html

 

Step2. Install and run Aimersoft iPod Video Converter, click the “Add” button to import your videos. Aimersoft iPod Video Converter support batch conversion, so you can import multiple files at a time. If you experience any problems adding videos by directly clicking the “Add” button, you can click “File -> Add DirectShow files…” to add the video files you want to convert from your computer.

Step3. Then Click the “Format” drop-down list to select the format you prefer for each added file. If you don’t know what formats your device support, you can just select the format “iPod Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)”

 

If you want to customize the output quality, click the “Settings” button to open the Settings panel, where you customize resolution, frame rate, video bit rate, audio bit rate, sample, etc. You also can create a settings profile and save it, and then you won’t have to do the same settings every time. Since Aimersoft iPod Video Converter support batch conversion, you can use different profiles for each added video files to save your time. If you don’t want to do these settings, the default settings will just work perfectly.

After all things done, click “Start” to start conversion.

 

Transfer video to iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPod Classic and iPod Video.

If you want to add video to iPod with iTunes, follow these steps:

1. Open iTunes and click "File" to add your videos to iTunes library.
2. plug in your iPod to computer, then iTunes will detect your iPod as a device.
3. Select your iPod device on the left panel of iTunes, click "Movies" tab, check the videos you want to sync and click "Apply", done.

 

 

If you do not want to use iTunes to add video, you can use the free iPod Copy Manager provides by Aimersoft iPod Video Converter; it can help you transfer the converted video to iPod directly without iTunes (The iPod Manager support only iPod Video now, but it will be upgraded soon, then it will support iPod Touch, iPod Nano and iPod Classic). Just connect your iPod to computer, click “Tools” -> “iPod Copy Manager”, then you will see a pop up window (See the figure below), the left pane is the video and music list on your computer, the right pane is the file list on your iPod (you also can copy files from iPod to computer, it’s useful if your computer crashes or you lose iTunes library), select the files you want to sync and click the right arrow button to finish the transfer. If you want to know more about iPod Copy Manager, you can visit here.

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