Family DVDs to mp4 for AppleTV

I have a PC with Vista, as well as an iPod video and an AppleTV. I'm wanting to know if were to upgrade to Quicktime Pro if I will be able to convert my family video DVDs (unprotected, .VOB files) or other MPEG2 files to H.264 format so I view them on AppleTV or my iPod.
I'm assuming I would also need MPEG-2 Playback Component, but still I can't seem to find any straight answer, even when I called the Apple tech support phoneline. I'm just wanting to know if I were to spend the $30 for Quicktime, and maybe the MPEG2 software, if it will work and produce the compressed MP4 files that I can upload to my AppleTV.
On top of the conversion, I'd like to know if Quicktime will preserve the chapter markers, and/or allow me to add meta-data to the files so that AppleTV displays it like the movies I buy from iTunes.

Good questions.
Here are the answers:
QuickTime Player and the Apple MPEG-2 Playback Component will allow you to "playback" most non encrypted DVD's (MPEG-2). But it isn't an editor or a converter (even Pro upgrade).
Windows and Mac users can use MPEG Streamclip (free) and the MPEG-2 Playback Component ($20) to export and edit in this app. It can also export to QuickTime formats (including the iPod settings when using MPEG-4 Video codec).
If you have version 7.1.5 of QuickTime the "Export to iPod" preset found in MPEG Streamclip should make a 640X480 (4:3) .m4v file that will work with TV.
Do a short test file before committing to a big project.

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