ripping dvds to smaller movie clips

[trinitydub]

hello geeks,

i need to encode a bunch of movie clips and capture some still images off a dvd. i've managed to figure out how to dvdshrink the whole thing, but what can i do from here?
can someone point me in the direction of proper software and a noob-friendly tutorial?

 

[trinitydub]

wow, i can't believe i actually figured this out on my own!
never mind!