Workflow for combining 3 DVD's to single DVD

Hi all,
I have been trying to convert three individual DVD's of training seminars approximately an hour and a half each into a single DVD. These DVD's were made a while ago and there is no original data to work with. I have been trying to rip with handbrake to AVI, MP4, etc trying to get something that will go into DVD studio to make the new DVD.
I have tried running all the files that I produce into compressor however it will take many days to convert them all according to the system and my waiting 3 days already. Is there a workflow anyone else uses that would do this?
Quality is not too much of a concern as we know it's going to come out ****** anyway, we just need to combine everything to one disc. Thanks for the help!

Just so I'm clear. You want to combine 3 videos each 1.5 hr long onto a single disk - that is, generate a 4.5 hr project?
Even with a dual layer disk, that's a lot of stuff and the bitrate is going to have to go quite low ...
In any case, you are using the wrong tool. You want MPEG Steamclip to extract the files back into an m2v/ac3 format. Once there, they can be brought into DVDSP and a new menu created.
Good luck,
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