Downloading movies to iPod can be a walk in the park or a pain in the neck. It all comes down to 3 processes: finding the movies or TV shows that you want, convert them to the correct format if necessary, and finally transferring them to your iPod. The last process is pretty straight forward so we will touch on the first 2 issues.

Downloading movies to iPod starts with getting the video file of the movies or TV show. You can do the following:

1. Buy the DVD/CD release of the show and rip it.

2. Download streaming videos from online streaming sites such as YouTube or Google videos.

3. Sign up for membership at download portals that feature unlimited movie and TV show downloads for one-time fee.

Downloading movies to iPod from DVDs can be done using DVD ripper software. I personally use the DVDFab which is a very powerful yet easy to use DVD ripper. It enables me to convert DVD videos into compatible format for mobile devices such as PSP, iPod, iPhone and Zune. I tried a few software and so far DVDFab works best.

Downloading movies to iPod from online streaming sites such as YouTube can be done easily if you know how. Refer to this article on How To Download Streaming Video From YouTube, Google And More.

Lastly, you can sign up for membership at download portals that charges one-time membership fee. Users pay once and get access to millions of movies, music, TV shows download. Check out this download portal for more information.

It is important to note that the universal video standard for mobile devices such as iPod is MP4 format. Therefore, if you would like to transfer movie from DVDs or downloaded videos that are not MP4 to iPod, you need to convert those videos. In order to convert DVDs to MP4 format, you can use DVDFab. To convert downloaded videos in .avi, .wmv, .rm, .mpg or other format to MP4, there is a powerful free tool that you can use at http://media-convert.com.

NOTE: before signing up for any membership at download sites, it is important to read some reviews on the site to avoid scams when downloading movies to iPod. Read this review on a download portal offering huge collection of movie and music downloads for iPod for a one-time fee.