»HOWTO get video onto yr ipod

In order to get .mov, .avi, .mp4, and other files shoe-horned onto an iPod, try VisualHub, successor to iSquint; for DVDs, the (free!) Instant Handbrake, a sibling of the full-featured Handbrake. Alas, the excellent DVDBackup is not to be found any longer. Most of these pieces of software are drag-an'-drop; should a more detailed explanation be necessary, read Mark Pilgrim's HOWTO.