How to put all videos to iPod touch, iPod nano, iPod classic on Mac OS X?
iPod supported formats:
- The video formats: M4V, MP4, and MOV.
- The audio formats: AAC, MP3, WAV, and AIFF.
You might have some funny videos in WMV, FLV, AVI, etc. format. If you want to put these videos to iPod or to extract audios from video to iPod audio, you need to convert videos to video or audio formats that compatible with iPod. This is a tutorial on how to convert video to iPod video and iPod audio on Mac (Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard).
Software you need:
- Video Converter for Mac:
You can download free trial version here:
- iTunes
1Install and Run Video Converter for Mac
To install it, simply mount the .dmg archive by double-clicking it, and copy the application to your applications folder (or wherever you want it).
2 Load Videos you want to convert for your iPod
You can drag and drop the file you want to add or click the "Add" button to load videos.

3Convert Video to iPod on Mac OS X
- If you want to convert videos to iPod format, you can select the output format as iPod video MPEG-4 (*MP4).
- If you want to extract audio from video to iPod, you need to select the output format as AAC or MP3.
4Transfer video to iPod on Mac
Connect your iPod and start iTunes. Find the file you made above and drag it onto your iPod.
Click add file to library


It won't be on your iPod until you sync - make sure you have the movies box checked in your iPod preferences.
iSkysoft Video Converter for Mac is a powerful video converter that can convert all popular format videos to iPod format with perfect output quality. What’s more, this smart program save you the trouble of figuring out the best output setting for your iPod, you can just select iPod video MPEG-4 (*MP4) from the default output list, which is the optimized output setting.
