App #14 : Handbrake

If you own an iPhone, iPod or iPod Touch, this application is necessary. It will let you convert your DVDs to put them in a format recognized by those portable devices. Now make sure you use this app just to make a copy of movies your already own! This application will also need VLC to be installed (I already recommend the installation of VLC elsewhere on this blog). Handbrake comes with tons of preset for converting videos not only for the iPhone and iPod, but also for the Apple TV, the PSP, the PS3 and the Xbox 360. It lets you control which language tracks you want to keep as well as cropping uncesssary black stripes. Also, if your movie is originally interlaced, it lets you deinterlace it. Download Handbrake.