What program is best for ripping DVD, to Mpeg1 Mpeg2, 3 or 4 .

what is free and should i just get DIVX pro ?

All I want is to store movies on my hard drive or copy them to a cd or DVD as formats stated above.

FairUse Wizard with Divx works, and if you're doing TV shows the Light Edition will work fine since episodes will stay short and the 700mb cap won't affect you. Or if you're saving them to CDs.

I've never used it, but there's RatDVD as well. You can retain the menus and such, which may be a nice alternative to ripping tons of episodes of shows. you could do this if you're storing on an external.