Best way to move DVD collection to iTunes

[Poobah22]

I want to digitize my DVD collection, first to get everything in one spot and two, to stop my kids from wrecking all the DVD's we have. Hopefully the end result will be to move all our DVD's (maybe 50 or so) onto our MacBook Pro, into iTunes and be able to access them through Home Sharing on the new Apple TV.

Researching this for a while, it seems like a I need to download Mac The Ripper and/or Handbrake. I'm not sure if I need both of them or just one to do this. I can't seem to find something that addresses this for a newbie like myself, so any help is appreciated. Thanks

 

[r.j.s]

Handbrake(+VLC) is all you really need.

Once you encode the videos, just drag and drop them to iTunes.

 

[dissolve]

Using MacTheRipper or Fairmount (better, imo) and then Handbrake will speed up the process. First, you'll rip all of your DVDs to the computer and then queue up a bunch of Handbrake encodes in a row. Then you aren't limited by optical disk I/O as much.

 

[184550]

Personally, I use RipIt.

Very simple to use.