DVD Extraction and Encoding with MacTheRipper and HandBrake

I am in the process of copying my DVD collection to my Drobo, and after much experimentation, I found a process that seems to produce very high quality MP4 files that play on all of the following devices:

• Boxee Box by D-Link - Media Player
• Motorola Xoom - Android Tablet
• Motorola Droid - Android Phone
• Apple iPhone 4s - iOS 5 Phone
• Apple MacBook - Max OS Computer

These are the devices I've tested so far.

DVD Extraction and Encoding with MacTheRipper and HandBrake:

• Download and install MacTheRipper
• Insert a DVD into your Mac.
• Unless you have disabled it, iDVD will start automatically. Quit iDVD.
  NOTE:You can disable iDVD startup on insert under System Preferences:
  
• Open MacTheRipper and it should detect the DVD and display some basic information about the DVD.
  
• If you see 'DISC RCE: -CLEAR-' in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, you can leave the 'RCE Region OFF'.
  
• If you see "‘DISC RCE: -DETECTED-", then set "RCE Region" to the region from which the DVD was purchased.
  
• Besides "RCE Region" you should be able to leave defaults for all other settings.
• Choose "Save To" fro the "File" menu and choose the target directory for extraction.
  
• Click "GO" to begin extraction.
• You will get a notification once extraction is complete:
  
• Download and install HandBrake.
• Open HandBrake and set the source directory to the MacTheRipper save location.
• A "Preview Source" window will open with an image from the DVD.
  
  
• Move the slider to a few points in the DVD and make sure the top, bottom and sides aren't being cut off.
• Adjust the Size Cropping if you believe the automatic crop setting is removing any part of the movie.
• Set the HandBrake Video settings as follows:
  
  Format: MP4 file
  Web optimized
  Average Bitrate: 2200 kbps
  2-pass encoding
  Turbo first pass
  Variable Framerate
  
• Leave the HandBrake Audio default settings:
  
  
• Set the HandBrake Subtitles settings as follows:
  Select the Track labeled "Closed Captions - (Text) (CC)"
  
• And finally, click "Start" to begin encoding the DVD image to an MP4 file.

I keep the full extracted DVD images on my Drobo, so I can access the menus and special features from my Macs and I copied all of the MP4 files to a USB drive attached to my Boxee Box.