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RipIt & Handbrake do a really good job of ripping and compressing. For normal "single main feature" DVDs I have a good workflow, and for the most part handbrake does a good job of figuring out what the main title is.
The process for ripping a DVD that has multiple episodes of something kinda sucks. Has anyone made any progress on automating (or at least simplifying) the process of getting show-s01e01.avi from a DVD?
The AVI extension has nothing to do with it's format. AVI is what's known as a container format, the codec you're probably thinking of is DivX (and the open source alternative Xvid).
Handbrake doesn't convert to AVI.
Assuming the copyright laws in your country allow for backups, you can use DVD Shrink to backup DVDs, but they will remain as VOB files (which are really of the Mpeg codec). You could then also use something like Clone DVD Mobile to convert to DivX. In Clone DVD Mobile, there are simple options to modify the quality of the output video which will also show you its size.
There are other options such as DVDX, since Clone is not freeware. I recommend looking for Xvid converters since the Divx converters are hardly free (since they require licenses and what not).
Also see: lifehacker.com/380702/five-best-dvd-ripping-tools
You are probably better off asking on forums of the site you download these files from. And don't forget to share any more info! Digitising a movie collection is a good move as discs get scratched too easily too fast.
UPDATE: I just tried AutoGK, it's more accurate than Clone DVD Mobile in output size. Plus it's free.
For DVD ripping, I generally use a GUI program that can show previews, which makes it easier to determine which episode is what. The tool I use most often is Handbrake.
How to determine stream/episode correlation from commandline, I don't know.
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I use Handbrake and add each episode to the queue then just start the queue. Works well for me.