Handbrake is a utility that can convert standard DVD's into a compressed format of your choice. mp4 with AAC audio or AVC with h264 video and AAC audio. It also lets you crop the image to get rid of the black bars to bring down the size even more and lets you choose options as to how you want it encoded.
Reviewing 0.9.3 (Nov 24, 2008)
Changelog:
http://trac.handbrake.fr/browser/tags/0.9.3/NEWS
Screenshots:
http://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/LinGuiScreenshots
Why in hell did handbrake get rid of the older version 0.9.3. I got a notice to upgrade to 0.9.4. Fine OK, but when I tried to install the new version, there was a conflict w/ the older version. OK fine I'll remove the old version to install the new version . Guess what it's missing dependencies that I cannot find. I'm running 9.04 not 9.10. I can no longer find version 0.9.3 and I've deleted my old one. I hate you