A.Macworld senior editor, Jonathan Seff's is a terrific guide for doing this.

Q. In the article you referred to, Mr. Seff mentions VisualHub for converting video. I followed the link and found that the program is no longer available. What now?

A. You're correct, VisualHub has gone to the great bit-bucket in the sky. But as I point out in , part of it remains in the form of two open source projects--. Note that both FilmRedux and PunyVid are very much alpha releases--some parts remain inedible.

In the meantime, there are other applications for converting video. Roxio's Toast Titanium, Popcorn, and $40 can convert video. Squared 5's free is another option.

If you've already converted a movie to an MPEG-4 or .mov file, there's a good chance you can convert it with iTunes for playback on an iPod or Apple TV. Just add the movie to your iTunes library, select it, and choose Advanced -> Create iPod or iPhone Version or Create Apple TV Version.