How best to copy a DVD?

Hi. I want to copy a home DVD for members of my family to view on their TVs and I'm confused by the range of options available. These seem to be:-
1. Create a project in iDVD (but I don't want to mess about with themes, etc)
2. Use Disk Utility (Mac shop told me this was only for data discs)
3. Use a combination of Mac The Ripper, Handbrake and Roxio Popcorn (Complicated - and what does this do to film quality?)
The DVD consists of two files: a Video_TS and an Audio_TS (although the Audio_TS seems to be blank). It plays fine on my TV's set-top DVD player (although I can't copy it on that for some reson) and on my Mac's DVD Player.
Any advice gratefully received: I'm new to this ("ripping" and "burning" have just entered my vocabulary) and never imagined it would be so complicated!

Richard2468 wrote:
Handbrake extracts the contents in a form suitable for copying
No. Handbrake is a video transcoder, not a copying or ripping tool. See
<https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/SupportFAQ#whatisit>
<https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/IsIsnt>
'Transcoder' means that it converts the video signal from one type of encoding to another. If the source is protected (as many, but not all, commercial DVDs are), Handbrake can't convert it.
Mac The Ripper do the same thing as Handbrake?
No. This is not a transcoder, but a ripper, ie, an app which breaks the copy protection employed by some commercial DVDs. Note that this is illegal in the USA and other countries.
And what about VLC
VLC is a media player. It is free and compatible with a wide range of formats and codecs, so it's a very useful tool to have. It can also transcode, but it's not very good at that; like Handbrake, it will not break the DVD copy protection.
MPEG Streamclip?
This is also a transcoder. It may be possible to rip copy-protected DVDs with it, but this requires the QT MPEG2 component from Apple. (Even in Lion, which has built-in MPEG2 support.)
None of those are necessary for the task you mentioned.

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