Ripping a dvd to play on an ipad / iphone / appletv / ipod touch

this will show you how to turn your dvd movie into a playable file for an ipad, apple tv2, ipod touch or iphone

• download and install handbreak
• open up handbreak
• insert your dvd
• in handbreak click ‘source’
• select your dvd
• click ‘toggle presets’ to show the pre-set settings
• pick the one that you need, eg, I picked ‘iphone and ipod touch’
• pick a destination to save the file to
• click ‘start’
• wait for it to convert.
• drag the file into itunes
• sync like normal if you are putting it on an iphone / ipad / ipod touch

if you are playing the video on an apple tv you will need to share your itunes library [please see this post for more information on how to get all your movies to play on your apple tv]