rando12 Here's a link to 2 free programs that can be used together to rip,compress and burn: http://www.filepedia.com/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_decrypter.cfm http://www.filepedia.com/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_shrink.cfm Here's some guides to use them: http://www.dvdplusvideo.com/tutorial007.html http://home.comcast.net/~bbmayo/index.html Another good combo (21 day free trial) is AnyDVD and Clone. http://www.slysoft.com/en/ My personal fav is AnyDVD w/ Nero http://ww2.nero.com/enu/index.html
So far all the free and good programs/softwares are: 01) DVD Decrypter (free... it will rip/decrypt and burn) 02) DVD Shrink (will encode/compress only) 03) DVD43 (cracking/decrypting engine) For starter and newbies, I highly recommend the famous combo of DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink, since they're both free and really useful.