I bought an Apple TV last year, and have converted all the B5 episodes & 
films (plus several hundred other DVDs).  FWIW this is the method I use 
after lots of trial & error.

It's a two stage process (I couldn't find a single piece of software 
that did what I wanted and was reliable across loads of different DVDs).

Firstly I rip the DVD using WinX DVD Ripper Platinum (commercial 
software).  I use the preset "main title content copy" to get a .mpg 
file of the main contents.  Sometimes there's a bit of detective work to 
select the right title number etc, but this has worked on more than 97% 
of my DVDs

Secondly I use the freeware Handbrake software to convert to a 
compressed .mp4 file suitable for the Apple TV (and iPads etc).  I use 
the supplied preset "Apple TV3" which I thinp converts to 720p.

I then load the files up to iTunes so I can access them via Apple TV or 
any of my iDevices.

It all works well for me, but if anyone has any better suggestions I'd 
love to hear them.


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