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Our Review
We downloaded, installed,
and tested
Lenogo
Video to iPod Converter to run on two test computers. One
computer was "Home-Brewed" with an Athlon AMD 64 X2 4800 Dual-Core
processor running at 2.4GHz, 1GB of memory, 100GB hard drive, and a
Sony DRU-510A DVD/RW drive 32X (CD) and 12X (DVD). The other computer,
a Gateway E06500D, with an Intel Pentium(R) running at 3GHz, 1GB of
memory, 100GB hard drive, and a Plextor PX-708A DVD/RW drive (40X (CD)
and 12X (DVD).
Installation and Test
Results
The installation was
flawless on both test computers. The original DVD movie to be
converted was "Castaway" (2000), a Dual-Layered DVD-9
movie starring Tom Hanks The movie runtime was
143 minutes.
We have found that
Lenogo
Video to iPod Converter
is an easy-to-use DVD to iPod converter application.
Lenago Video to iPod Converter Interface
Once we inserted our Dual-Layered DVD 9
Movie, we had to click the Add File button to navigate to the
location (Drive Letter) of our DVD movie. Once selected, we had to go
inside the VIDEO_TS folder on the DVD and select
Clicking Add File Button
Navigating to and Selecting The Video
File Inside VIDEO_TS Directory on DVD
Clicking on the Settings button allowed
us to change the audio bitrate and screen resolution. We kept the
default settings.
Changing Movie Properties
Clicking the Convert button began the DVD
to iPod conversion process.
The DVD to iPod Conversion Process
We found the DVD to iPod conversion time
fast by standard (for our Dual-Layered DVD-9 143 minute DVD movie)
Results
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Movie |
Type |
Runtime |
Conversion Time to DVD |
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Castaway |
DVD-9 |
143 Minutes |
1:17 Minutes |
Pros
Lenogo
Video to iPod Converter
worked well. The finished converted
product was excellent. It had a decent feature set that supports
conversion from DVD, AVI ASF, MPEG, MPEG2, Quicktime, and Real Media
Files to iPod format.
Cons
Users will have to navigate to the
VIDEO_TS directory on the DVD and select the correct *.VOB file. This
might not be intuitive to some users as there are many .VOB files. So
the question, "which one?" may arise. Usually, users should select any
one of the largest VTS files. Again, many users will not know this.
The online help system did not cover this.
Quality of Copy
Excellent
Customer/Technical Support
Good. The Lenogo website has a
tutorial on how to use the application but we found that it did not
fully cover .VOB file selection. Users should be told which file(s)
within the DVD should be selected if they want to convert the entire
movie. The site has a support ticket mechanism.
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