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I just purchased the Sony Ericsson w580i; I want to convert a few DVDs so I can watch them on my phone. The problem is that I don't know the first thing about doing it. What format will I need to convert the DVD?
-- from U.K Pinky

The Sony Ericsson w580i is one of Sony Ericsson's lines of Walkman-branded handsets. These music focused phones are popular globally, but few of them have made it to the United States. The W580i is one of the few that has, carried by AT&T. And it's a good pick for the carrier.
The sound quality through the included stereo earbud headphones is superb and if you turn on the MegaBass boost feature in the Walkman player, the phone outputs full and powerful sound that booms. The W580i also has support for A2DP which allows the phone to play music via Bluetooth to stereo headphones. Like other Walkman phones, the W580i supports music files in the MP3/AAC/AAC+/e-AAC+) formats and you can rip music CDs using the included Disc2Phone software for Windows or using Sony Ericsson DVD Ripper for Mac.
Want to watch DVD Movie on Sony Ericsson w580i The Sony Ericsson W580i has a 2 QVGA display that's capable of displaying 262K colors. Pictures, videos and music visualizations look good and the screen is amazingly usable outdoors even in direct sunlight. Have you ever tried to upload DVD to Sony Ericsson w580i? The following tips will be your Sony Ericsson w580i's assistant to help you get more fun to watch DVD movies on your Sony Ericsson w580i for Mac user.
Before converting DVD to Sony Ericsson w580i, you should get to know about what kinds of formats are supported by our Sony Ericsson w580i phone. Here I list all the supported video /audio formats playable on Sony Ericsson w580i Smartphone.
Video/audio formats supported by Sony Ericsson w580i: * Video clips in MP4 (generally MP4 is preferable with better picture quality), 3GP
* Music/audio files in MP3, MP4, AAC, WMA, WAV, AMR act.
Below is the detailed tutorial about how to Convert DVD to Sony Ericsson w580i on Mac. Step1. Download and install DVD Ripping software Mac running it and then load the DVD movie from your Mac Step2. Select Output Setting Select "MPEG-4 Movie (*.mp4)" from the output format list in "Format" drop-down list. Step3. Convert DVD to Sony Ericsson w580i on Mac When the settings are done, click the "Start" button to start conversion. And then the program will automatically start to convert DVD to Sony Ericsson w580i. That's all. When the conversion is finished, you can click “Open” to locate the file in your hard drive.
Finally, just put the converted DVD to Sony Ericsson w580i, and now you can enjoy DVD movies on your Sony Ericsson w580i phones anytime and anyplace. You can also convert some part of the DVD to Sony Ericsson w580i or convert DVD to the other portable player compatible formats.