How do you guys convert your videos to a mobile format?

This: http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/

Might want to run Malwarebytes after installing it, it likes to add some self-promoting adware. After that's gone, your set for converting.

get OPlayer for iOS costs 2.99 (0 if jailbroken) but worth every penny and plays every shitty format

I don't know if it's any good compared to everything else, but I usually use Xilisoft Video Converter.

I don't know if you get that on your iPod Touch but for my Android phone I use MX Player. It plays everything even .mkv 10bit videos. So besides looking for convert programs try to look for other video players for your iPod.

Could try Handbrake. No idea if you'll still have trouble with subs, though. Maybe someone else can share.

Handbrake would do that for you. It will keep your subtitles and it also has presets for the ipod touch.

I use MediaCoder religiously. After installing the full edition, start the tool and to go the Features menu, select UI Plugins > Digital Media Players and select iPhone / iPod / iPad / Apple TV. This will bring up a new window where you can select your device screen format, video bitrate (determines how big the file will be and how good it will look). Then drag-and-drop the videos to be converter and press Start.

try Total Video Converter bro