An idiot's guide to Apple TV DVDs

Short entry. We got an Apple TV to replace our DVD changer. Here is what I learned about ripping my DVDs (in Windows):

1) insert a DVD in your drive
2) copy your DVD onto your hard drive using DVDFab Decrypter
3) using the Apple TV presets, use Handbrake to make a movie file from the DVD file you just made. I usually use the Apple TV presets but click "Two-Pass Encoding" and "Turbo first pass". If the program has horizontal lines in it where there is motion, redo the file after checking "decomb" or "deinterlace"
4) Use MetaX to put nice tags on the movie file (Movie poster for the Apple TV display, ratings, synopsis, etc.)
5) Import the file into iTunes. I set up my iTunes library on a USB hard drive. This is cheap storage, and it means you don't have to use the Apple TV's hard drive.
6) When setting up the Apple TV, make sure to set it up to stream content out of iTunes rather than Sync with iTunes.

You're done!