I recently bought a Creative Zen multi-media player which is as small as a credit card, with a screen as much as the same size. I hate Apple’s iPods because of the annoying iTunes software. With Creative Zen, you can just plug in and directly copy the files. If the copied file is compatible with Creative Zen (such as .mp3, .mp4, .jpeg), you will be able to see the media otherwise, it will be stored just like that.

I tried to convert a DVD video and copy into Creative Zen, but the default Zen Media Explorer that comes with the product could not do the job.

Step 1: Ripping the DVD to your PC.
There are many softwares available to do this job, but my personal favourite is DVD Shrink. You can download a free copy from After Dawn DVD Shrink page.

For Vista owners:
My friends have said there are some issues with Vista (yea, Vista!) and DVD Decrypter – another free tool does a better job.

You can either of the software to rip any DVD into your Hard disk. You can re-author those movie files or directly burn them into a region-free DVD for your personal use.

Step 2: Convert DVD movie into XviD format.
Download AutoGK (yet another free tool) to convert the ripped .VOB files to XviD video format. Now, you would be able to copy these XviD (open source equivalent of divX format) to your Creative Zen with the help of Media Explorer.

If you are struck and would like to see a detailed tutorial proceed to Zen Vision :M DVD Ripping Guide

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