iPod Touch is here

My ipod touch arrived!

Sorry that I didn’t post for two days; busy during the week. Expect a techy post on saturday.

Ripping a DVD onto iTunes

I, like many others, have a big pile of old DVDs. I have an iPod, and so, as you might assume, I have tried to put the old movies on my iPod. Here is an easy process to follow, for Mac and PC alike. But be forewarned: this takes awhile.

Mac:

1. Download Handbrake (free, www.handbrake.fr)

2. Insert your DVD

3. Open Handbrake

4. Select your custom options (kind of file to extract, etc.)

5. Click on the button that starts the process (this takes a long time…)

6. Drag the movie file onto the iPod image in iTunes

PC:

1. Download Handbrake for PC (free, www.handbrake.fr)

2. Follow the same instructions as above

*NOTE: If you have any questions about this process, or help about further instructions, please leave a comment. Also, please note that we are making a GUIDES page soon (it’s on our To-Do list) and this will appear on it soon.

iTunes – “looks funny”

this is a screenshot of when my itunes library, well, did not look normal

This is how my iTunes library looked after an install.

Here is the easy three step plan to fix it if this happens to you:

1. Go to display in the control panel

2. Click on Settings

3. Change color quality to the highest one available

Voila!