DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 or higher
Windows Media Encoder
Insert the DVD and open DVDDecrypter
Source > choose the drive which you inserted the DVD
Go to Tools > Settings > IFO Mode > Options > File Splitting > None

Go to Mode > IFO Read Mode

Note down the length of the movie in DVD Decrypter You can use this information later for WM9 Bit Rate Calculator.
Go to the Stream Processing tab and Enable Stream Processing
Choose only the Video stream and the 6 channel AC3 stream

Decrypt the DVD to Hard Disk
Rename the VOB file's extension to MPG. E.g. VTS_05_1.MPG
Please treat the MPG as a DivX file and follow relevant steps in converting to DivX guide