once again, thanks a bunch. you're being really helpful
as for the tutorial, i've googled it right away after downloading dvd decrypter, so i had it ripped in a minute. it's here:
http://www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/136/59/
so maybe you don't even need to go through all the typing of the tutorial. i found this to be quite good. i can now cut the mix to tracks myself, which might be at times better than just ripping the dvd chapters, which i did before. still not sure if i'll do it though, because what i didn't know is that mp3s have a maximum sampling rate of 48khz - i wanted to put the highest quality mp3s on my player so i can listen to the whole mix, for example, on train
still i think it's good to have the raw rip on my hdd, i can try doing something with it so i can listen to it on my computer straight off of the disk anytime without the need of having the whole dvd sitting there. thanks a lot!