dvd to ipod

need some help taking my dvds and putting them on my ipod video

it seems like every damn software for doing this has a shitty strial version

anyone have a good free converter or a link to a how-to guide?

XP btw.

Someone will give you a shitty convoluted solution involving dd, decss, VLC and mplayer, but I'm pretty certain there are simple apps designed for this purpose that work just great. All you need to do is generate a 320x240 video in H.264 or MPEG-4, so it's not too hard to do.

I know of a bunch for the Mac (iSquint, Handbrake Lite, whatever) but for Windows.. hm. I'd suggest just searching download.com, finding the best one, then going to www.serials.ws or www.cracks.am or whatever you prefer for cracks and serials for the given app.

ImTOO DVD Ripper. Already has a profile set up for most common video devices (iPod, PSP, etc). Just find a crack/keygen for it.