As a crazy iPod fans, it’s really exciting to get the new iPod Touch. In order to help iPod user to learn more about the iPods, I spent a few days to finish this iPod guides, it includes 10 parts as follow, such as how to rip DVD movie, convert video, put pfd file, download podcast, limewire and youtube video to iPod Touch/Nano/Classic/Video.
Part1. How to watch PDF or electronic book on iPod Touch/Nano/Classic/Video
iPod cannot directly display PDF files, you have to convert your PDF file or electronic book to *.txt format, and make sure the file size is smaller than 4KB, and then copy the *txt file to the “Note” folder ion your iPod. Here are the detailed steps:
1. Enable your iPod as a portable hard drive, plug in your iPod to computer and run iTunes, in the summary tab, check the option named “enable iPod disk mode”
2. Download and install iGadget, it can convert and cut your files to 4kb .txt files. Here is the download link: iPodSoft - Making the best, better | IGadget / HomePage
3. Connect your iPod to computer, open “My Computer”, open the iPod drive (the new drive with your iPod name), and copy the txt file to the “Note” folder, done. Then you can read the text file on iPod note.

Part2. How to rip DVD and convert video to iPod Touch/Nano/Classic/Video
iPod can only play MP4 and H.264 video, but DVD movie is MPEG-2 video and CSS protected, so you need an application to rip DVD and convert video to MP4 video, and then sync it to iPod via iTunes. I strongly recommend Aimersoft iPod Converter Suite; it can rip protected DVD and convert limewire, youtube video, AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, FLV, DivX, XviD video to iPod. Also, I always use the iPod manager embedded in it to transfer video, and from my tests, it fully supports all series of iPod including iPod Touch/Nano/Classic/Video. A really cool application.

Here is its official download link:
iPhone Converter Suite – iPhone Video Converter, Rip DVD to iPhone Converter
Here is the official step by step guide
DVD to iPod Converter - copy DVD to iPod, convert DVD to MP4, put movie on iPod

Part3. How to watch iPod Video on large screen TV
1. Set up your iPod video options. On your iPod choose Videos -> Video Settings from the main menu. You will see three options: TV Out, TV Signal and Widescreen. Select the “TV Out” option.

2. Get your A/V cable. If you don't have an eighth-inch-to-RCA cable, you can pick one up on eBay for five or six bucks shipped. Search for "camcorder A/V cable." Remember, you want a three-plug yellow/red/white RCA connection at one end and a three-banded eighth-inch (3.5mm) A/V plug at the other.

1. Plug the red RCA plug into your TV's yellow RCA jack.
2. Plug the yellow RCA plug into your TV's white RCA jack.
3. Plug the white RCA plug into your TV's red RCA jack.
After making these connections, you're physically ready to begin playback.

Part4. How to download youtube video to iPod for free
iPod can play only MP4 and H.264 video, youtube video is stream video (.flv), so you need special software to capture the stream video to MP4 video, and then sync it to your iPod via iTunes. Here’re two ways to do that for free:
1. With free online flv converter such as vixy.net : Online FLV Converter : Download online videos direct to PC / iPod / PSP. It's free! when you find your favorite youtube video, just copy the video URL (like this format YouTube - Kiwi! ) to the input box, choose the output format as iPod video, and then click start. When the conversion finished, you will get the MP4 video download link, just download and sync it to your iPod.

2. With Firefox + videodownloader, if you’re using Firefox browser, just install a plug-in named videodownloader, and then you will see a small icon in the bottom right, when you watch youtube video, double click it, and then you will get the flv download link. And then convert the flv video to MP4 video with Aimersoft iPod Converter Suite, done.

Part5. How to download free podcast to iPod
You can use iTunes to download podcast and sync to iPod as syncing music. But I prefer MyPodder to download and transfer podcast to iPod. MyPodder is freeware, a cross platform program for downloading podcasts directly to your MP3 players.

To use MyPodder, you will need to create an account on the Podcast Ready web site. Then just follow along with the instructions for installing MyPodder to your iPod. After all is set up, you can run MyPodder off your iPod on any computer to update your iPod's podcasts.

Part6. Where to download music and movie for iPod Touch/Nano/Classic/Video
1. iTunes store: $0.99 for one song, $9.99 for one movie, $1.99 for one TV show. Just install iTunes and visit the iTunes store.
2. Limewire is fast and popular file sharing freeware working on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Through the P2P (peer-to-peer) network, you can free download various files by its category or keyword searching.
3. Other stream video website such as video. Yahoo, MySpace, etc. here is a list of free stream video website Aimersoft Download Video List
here is a guide to show you how to download stream video with vixy.net, keepvid.com and Firefox. step by step guide download free youtube, google, yahoo video to computer for free
the download stream video is flv file, if the free online flv converter couldn't deal with it, you can use try SUPER or Aimersoft iPod Converter Suiter, and they can convert flv video to MP4 video for iPod.
4. You can use iTunes to rip your own CD to mp3, and then sync it to iPod.

Part7. How to manager two iPods on one computer or transfer music between iPods?
Actually, you can manage more than one iPod on the same computer.
Method1. Create multi accounts on one computer, one account for each person to login OS and sync his/her iPod with iTunes.
Method2. Set your iPod to “Manually manage music and video”, and then create a new iTunes playlist for each iPod that contains all the music that you want to send to that particular iPod.
As for transferring music between different iPods, you need a special application to do that, I have tried a program named iPod2iPod, it can successfully transfer my friend’s iPod music to my iPod, and here is a guide about it:
How to transfer music between iPods-iPod to iPod guide
Or you can refer to Part8, copy the music from another iPod back to your computer, and then re-add it to your iTunes library and sync it to your iPod.

Part8. How to copy and backup iPod files to computer
Because iTunes prevents you from copying music or video from iPod back to computer, so you need a special tool to do that. Here are the free applications that can do the job:
For Windows system:
Yamipod: Yet another iPod manager - Downloads
Aimersoft: Free iPod Copy Manager - copy music/video/movie from iPod to computer easily.
Sharepod: SharePod
iDump: iDump - Reviews and free iDump downloads at Download.com
For Mac OS X:
Yamipod: Yet another iPod manager - Downloads
Floola: floola.com - Wiwi - Home
EphPod: EphPod - iPod for Windows (and Linux) :: DOWNLOAD
After you install the iPod manager program, you should connect your iPod to computer, run the program, and when you will see the file list of your iPod, you can just click the Transfer button to transfer the selected file from your iPod to your computer.

Part9. How to hack iPod to play games and music video
This part is mainly for the old version iPod, coz the new series of iPods can directly play video and game and you don’t need to hack them. If you want to hack your iPod to play Doom 3, you have to install iPod Linux on your iPod, here is iPod Linux official installation guide
Installation - wikiPodLinux
Or you can take a look at this guide, which I think is more intuitional:
iPod Nano play music video - iPod play video, iPod Linux on iPod Nano guide<
Note: It’ can be pretty complicated to install iPod Linux on iPod, so give it a serious consideration before you do that.

Part10. Why your iTunes converted video has no sound
Because iTunes cannot convert muxed video (the audio and video of a muxed video file are on the same track), muxed video converted by iTunes will lose sound. You can learn more about this issue from apple’s official document
iPod plays video but not audio of some exported files
If you come across this problem, you can refer to Part 2 “How to rip DVD and convert video to iPod”, the iPod converter that I recommend can deal with muxed video with no problem.
If you have any question about this guide, feel free to post here.

Quite useful, thanks first but now I have came across a problem sounds stupid, I got an iPod the other days, whenever I plug it in, the screen says "do not disconnect" and my computer sees that it's there, but iTunes doesn't. So basically, I can't get my songs and video onto my iPod. What should I do?

1. Update your iTunes to the latest version for a try, you can download iTunes from here for free
Apple - iTunes - Download iTunes
2. Restore your iPod for a try, if you don't know how to restore iPod, you may take a look at Apple official guide
Apple - Support - iPod Five Rs Assistant

Thanks, but I am using Mac os x, can it work well on mac? and is there free software for me to rip dvd to ipod, any response will be appreciated

You can use this DVD Ripper for Mac to rip DVD to MP4 video for your iPod, it’s not free, but I think it well worth the money
http://www.aimersoft.com/dvd-ripper-for-mac.html
If you stick with freeware, you may try Handbrake; it’s also a nice Mac DVD to iPod Converter
http://handbrake.m0k.org

Share : rip DVD and convert Video to iPod
The article includes two parts.
Part 1: Rip DVD movie to iPod (Windows)
Part 2: Convert AVI, WMV, MPEG, RM, RMVB, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD, MPG to iPod MP4 or H264 format (Windows)

[1]How to rip DVD to iPod (Windows)
1. Download the latest version DVD to iPod Converter + iPod Movie/Video Converter Suite at http://www.oursdownload.com/convert-DVD-video-to-iPod-video.htmland install it. You can download about it by referrring here.
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2. Run the DVD to iPod Converter, load your DVD by clicking 'Open DVD' button or choosing 'Open DVD' from 'File' drop down menu. One or several titles appear in the list after loading DVD.
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3. As usual, the longest title is the main file of the movie. You can remove the title you don't like to convert by unchecking the title. Set 'Subtitle', 'Audio Languages' to what you like.

4. To 'Output Folder', Enter the full pathname or choose the path where you want to save your video files by clicking the related button.

5. Click 'Convert' button to start the iPod DVD conversion.

6. Find the .mp4 file that DVD to iPod converter created and drag it into your iTunes library, or select 'Add File to Library' from the 'File' menu and select the encoded movies. Now you can watch it with iTunes or Quicktime Player on your PC.
Tips: Download iTunes 7+quicktime Player package from Apple - QuickTime - Download
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[2] How to convert iPod video, such as AVI to iPod, WMV to iPod, MPEG to iPod, RM to iPod, RMVB to iPod, ASF to iPod, MPG to iPod, DivX to iPod, XviD to iPod video using "cucusoft iPod Video Converter + DVD to iPod Suite". (Windows)

1. Download the latest version iPod Video Converter + DVD to iPod Converter Suite, and install it. For more features about it, visting http://www.oursdownload.com/convert-DVD-video-to-iPod-video.html

Related download
* To convert RM/RMVB real media files to iPod, Maybe need to install Realplayer:
RealPlayer - The best audio and video player - Real.com
* To convert WMV, ASF to iPod, Maybe need to install Windows Media Player:
Microsoft Windows Media — Your Digital Entertainment Resource

2. Run iPod Video converter component. And load the video files you'd like to convert by clicking 'Open file' button.
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Click 'Output' and choose the pathname where you want to save your video files. Click 'Convert' to start converting video to iPod MP4 or H264 files.

Tips: Before converting, you can click 'Advance -> Video settings' to set 'Video format', 'Resolution', 'Framerate', 'Output Quality'. If you'd like to convert video to H264 files, please set 'Video format' to 'H.264 FQ Variable Bitrate'. 'MPEG4(.mp4) FQ Variable Bitrate' is the default value. Certainly, you can also set 'Audio Bitrate', 'Channels', 'Sample Rate' and 'Volume' in 'Audio Settings' page.

As usual, we set "Resolution" as "320x240" (i.e. default settings), certainly you can also choose other video sizes you like.

3. After converting, you can open the output folder to check and play the iPod video files (.mp4 or .mov) using Quicktime Player (Freeware, Quicktime Player+iTunes downloading address Apple - QuickTime - Download ).

4. Transfer the iPod videos to iTunes by draging or clicking "File -> Add File to Library". Now, you can enjoy them on iTunes. Then hit "File -> Update iPod" to sync to your iPod.
http://www.oursdownload.com/convert-DVD-video-to-iPod-video.html

Hacking the iPod interface is to replace that interface -- that is, use a different firmware in place of the standard iPod firmware. Rockbox is such a replacement firmware, designed for use on iPods and competing MP3 players. Rockbox is freeware, available from http://www.rockbox.org

Have you ever try FireflyMediaServer? It’s a nice software that can help you stream music from iPhone or iPod Touch to computer, if you don’t know how to use it, you may refer to this step by step guide.
http://lifehacker.com/software/how-to/stream-music-from-your-ipod-touch-or-iphone-to-any-itunes-library-317787.php

No, this way is not works for 3rd Gen iPod Nano. Because iPod Nano OS is different with iPod Touch OS. If you want to copy music from iPod Nano to computer, you may try Yamipod; it’s a nice free iPod manager.
http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/

thanks a lot for such valuable information

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You can go to this page for more details about how to use ipod as external hard disk
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651

what a detailed guide! it costs me long time to finish it, but thank you all the same

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