Using an iMac to rip DVD?

Hi folks, can anyone help me out?
I have some old family VHS tapes and recently recorded them onto DVD-RW's, I though iMovie or Premier Pro or something would have allowed me to rip the content from the DVD-RW's but it doesn't seem to recognise the VOB files?
Can someone tell me is there a FREE programme out for mac I can use to simply rip the DVD with it's audio of course onto my mac so I can share the video files online? I've downloaded a few but they are either crap quality convertors or they all have watermarks or limitations.
I just need a simple program that will simply rip the dvd and convert it to a good quality video file? no fancy stuff and no watermarks etc?
Can someone help?
J

You need to convert the VOB files in the TS-Folder of the DVD back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle. For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
which is free, but you must also have the  Apple mpeg2 plugin :
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
(unless you are running Lion which includes it))
which is a mere $20.
Another possibility is to use DVDxDV:
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm
which costs $25.
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Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.

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