How Do You Put Music DVDs on Your iPod Nano?

You can burn music from Music DVDs just like with CDs

The DVD is a popular disc type that is known to hold far more data than a standard CD. Although commonly used for movies, DVDs can be formatted to hold music and read by a computer. These Audio formatted DVDs can be burned onto any iPod just like a normal CD.

Things You'll Need

• Computer
• iPod Nano (or any other iPod)
• iPod USB or Firewire cable

Instructions

1. Initialize the iTunes application on your computer. If you don't have Itunes you can download it for free from Apple.com.

2. Insert the Music DVD into the disc drive of your computer. iTunes will automatically recognize the device as a standard audio CD and open a CD menu under the "Devices" category on the far left toolbar. If the CD window does not automatically pop up select it from the toolbar.

3. Click the "Import CD" button on the bottom left corner of the iTunes window. After recieving this command Itunes will automatically search for the titles of the songs on the CD, as well as place the files into your music library.

4. Connect your iPod Nano or any other iPod into the computer using the USB or Firewire cord. iTunes will automatically recognize your iPod and list it under the "Devices" category along with your CD. If the iPod window does not automatically pop up select it from the toolbar.

5. Click on the "Sync" icon in the bottom right hand corner of the iTunes window. This will automatically download every song already in your iTunes library onto your iPod Nano.

Tips & Warnings

• Most Audio CD players cannot read music burned onto a DVD even if it is formatted the correct way. Although DVDs can hold more music than a CD, it is not recommended to do so unless you plan to play Audio DVDs strictly on a computer or other DVD reading device. If you do plan to do so, it is also not recommended to format DVDs in the same way you would an audio CD. Instead, use programs like Roxio's Easy Media Creator 10 or Nero 8.

• iTunes can burn music from Audio formatted music DVDs, however it can not burn music from movie DVDs. However, if you purchase the affiliated movie soundtrack CD you can still burn the music onto your iPod using the steps listed.

References

• Ricky Says
• Ask Dave Taylor