And his name was MacRoni... sorry just had to try that... caaaaareful. There's some discussion out there about DVD rippers damaging certain drives; I don't know how valid that is, but it'll be interesting to see what others at MacRumors have to say...
You'll find all the apps you're after, and people who will be able to help you if (probably when) you get stuck. Ripping DVDs on a Mac is, at this stage, a slow, tedious process...
I am curious as to why you reposted your thread again https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14138 you already posted this topic in this exact same forum and recently (the other day.) If your not happy with the responses your thread has gotten or feel that it was pushed down by new threads and forgotten then just bump your current thread up(post on it again) and everyone will see it again, no need to feel up the forums with duplicate topics though.