for #1...How I put DVD's onto my video Ipod uses all freeware, but takes a little bit of a long time.
1) First I use FairUse Wizard 2 (
http://www.fairusewizard.com/lang_en/fa ... ition.html) to burn DVD onto my computer. This puts the movie into a .wmv form, but you need it in an .mov form to get onto ipod.
2) For this problem i use Super C (
http://www.erightsoft.net/SUPER.html#Dnload) which converts the wmv to the mov.
3) Once i got this done, I drag the .mov into itunes' movie tab, and then you have to right click the file and then click "convert selection to ipod"
once all three of these are complete, the movie works fine. Like i said, only problem to this is it'll take 3-4 hours to do a movie, so need some time set aside. Good luck