Settings for Exporting to web for streaming

I have some short family dvd's that I want to export to some web pages.
What's the best method to :
1 extract the dvd content
2 create media for web viewing
BTW: I think I'd rather use MP4 with h.264 (rather than .flv) for this set of media
Q :
1 - what are the best apps for extracting from dvd and then encoding the MP4
(handbrake - quicktime - squeeze etc?)
2 - for the 'average' dsl/cable connection what are the best (safest) video frame sizes and bitrate settings ... I was thinking something like:
480x320 and bitrate xxxx?
or can I go as big as
640x480 and bitrate xxxx?
Thanks in advance for the help....

ad 1) Handbrake is indeed a very handy tool for converting DVD-content (btw, this board is a bit 'shy' to answer ripping-questions .. in your case, it is plain 'converting', which is allowed as a topic).
the other usual tool is Mpeg Streamclip plus Apple's mp2-playback-component (20$), ..
ad 2) for such 'small' (= non HDef) videos, I assume a low bitrate of 1.000 - 1.500 kBit/sec should offer 'enough' quality in h264. 30 or 15 fps? depends imho on content, 'skater video' vs. 'lecturer's talking head' ..
... that I want to export to some web pages.
keep in mind, many video-hosters, as YouTube or vimeo, convert again. the higher the input-quality, the better ...

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