Xilisoft DVD to iPod Suite

Company: Xilisoft Corporation
Version: 4.0.95.1121
File Size: 18.34M
Price: $45.00

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Our Review

We downloaded, installed, and tested Xilisoft DVD to iPod Suite 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 "Planet of the Apes" (2001), a Dual-Layered DVD-9 movie starring Mar Walburg. The movie runtime was 119 minutes.

We have found that Xilisoft DVD to iPod Suite is an easy-to-use and fast DVD to iPod converter. It can convert almost any kinds of DVD to iPod video format.

Xilisoft DVD to IPod Interface

Once we inserted our Dual-Layered DVD 9 Movie and selected one of many DVD to iPod profiles.

DVD to iPod Profile Selection

Next, we navigated to our DVD movie and selected the VIDEO_TS folder.

Selecting DVD Movie To Be Converted

Once the correct .VOB movie file (inside the VIDEO_TS directory on the DVD) was selected, we clicked the Encode button to start the conversion process.

Starting The Conversion Process

We found Xilisoft DVD to iPod Suite DVD to iPod conversion time very fast.

Xilosoft DVD to iPod Suite Conversion Progress

Results

Movie	Type	Runtime	Conversion Time to DVD
Planet of the Apes	DVD-9	119 Minutes	57:18 Minutes

Pros

Xilisoft DVD to iPod Suite was easy to use; conversion time was fast; converted DVD audio and video quality was excellent; great feature set that allowed us to include/exclude languages and subtitles. Many screen resolutions to choose from.

Cons

Had to navigate to the Video_TS folder and then select the correct .VOB movie file. Could be a problem for newbies.

Quality of Copy

Excellent

Customer/Technical Support

Very good. Xilisoft Corporation support staff was very responsive. Their website has a FAQ section, tutorials, and email support.

Key Features

Some new iPod Touch video formats were added to output options.
It supports APE, CUE decoding and audio CD ripping.
The wizard has been designed and added for beginners, guiding your conversion.
Zoom and split functions were added in this version.
You can make the output file overwrite the original or rename to keep it.
You can specify the output file name.
Support the output of latest new video iPod 30G and video iPod 80G MPEG-4 video. (HD iPod movie), at 640 by 480 pixels video resolution.

System Requirements

Windows 9x, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows, Vista, Windows 2003 Server, etc.
DirectX 8.0 or later.

Hardware Requirements

MMX-enhanced CPU or more powerful
32 MB RAM or more
Any VGA card

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Reviewer's Summary

Xilisoft DVD to iPod Suite worked well and produced excellent iPod compatible copies of our DVDs. The only downside we experienced was that we had to navigate to the location of the coreect .VOB movie file (largest file) inside the VIDEO_TS folder on the DVD. While this was not an annoyance, having the application automatically import the correct data would have placed this application in the 5-Star running.

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