Before I got my iPod, I read all the tutorials, and all the posts on converting videos, and joined the bandwagon. I converted all my movies in Videora, loaded them into iTunes, and was ready go, now I just needed my ipod right? WRONG. When I finally got it, nothing I had converted through videora would load onto the ipod, though they worked in iTunes. I came to a conclusion.

I hate videora. No matter what settings it was on, couldn't get it to work. I said forget it, and just gave up. I went out on a hunt to solve things MY way, and the RIGHT way. I was sick of getting crappy, out of sync (Audio & Video) movies on my iPod. So, here's what I do...

Movies other than DVD (and Windows Media)

It is very simple. I use a program called PSP Video Express (found on download.com), and convert all my movies there. It's VERY easy to use, and VERY efficient. Quite fast too. All you do is find the movie, open it, then click go. It converts in 320x240 (standard for PSP/iPod), but you can change that if you want, though I don't recommend it personally. Once it's done, you end up with a .mp4 and a .THM file (both seperate). You can delete the .THM file, and then just take the .mp4 and load it into iTunes. Every video that I've done so far has been successful, and looks beautiful on the iPod. Perfect syncing and all.

For DVD Movies

This is also very simple. Pretty much the same thing, just with another conversion in there. This is the one that takes quite sometime, though WAYYY faster than QT Pro. I converted Saw in 1 and 1/2 hours, so that's pretty good. Anyways, here's how I do it for myself.

1.) Load a DVD in my DVD ROM Drive.
2.) Open my ImTOO DVD ripper (Got through lmwire)
3.) Take the .avi file that it creates, and open it into PSP Video Express (found on download.com)

Then I set my settings (320x240), hit the button, then it converts it to a .mp4 file which I then can load into iTunes, then onto my ipod.

Unlike videora, this method actually WORKS for the iPod. (At least for me.) I can't get anything I make in videora to end up on my iPod, though they work in iTunes. So yeah...

This is very efficient, and has been VERY promising for me. No problems yet. It's quick (aside from the DVD to .avi conversion), it's simple, and most importantly IT WORKS.

There's my advice. Hope it works as good for you as it does for me.