Just as a quick follow up to my previous post, I wanted to give mention to HandBrake - the software I use to rip DVDs to MPEG4/AAC. It supports a bunch of other codecs, including MPEG4/Vorbis for you open standards nuts (I'd prefer to use MPEG4/Vorbis, but quicktime doesn't play it and if quicktime won't play it, Front Row won't play it). It's easy to use, relatively relaible, and on my mini, rips at an average of 50FPS at full quality.

I also discovered that ripping boxed-sets of TV shows yields .mp4's that aren't properly tagged for FrontRow to pick up as TV Shows. You'd have to list them under Movies. Unhappy with this, I did some searching and found Atomic Parsley - it's an mp4 tagger that lets you tag the movie file properly.

Disclaimer

HandBrake uses libdvdcss - I'm not sure about the legalities of using libdvdcss - I'm sure it depends on what country you're in when you do. Needless to say lots of people worked very hard to entertain you, and you shouldn't break their copyrights. I'm not a fan of DRM or the DMCA, but I'm even less a fan of breakin the law. Don't do it. Remember kids: It's illegal to break the law. I'm pretty sure what I'm doing falls under "acceptable use" of the copyright laws... ah well.