How do i import a dvd to my mac book hard drive?

I want to import some dvd’s to my mac hard drive so i can put them on my ipod. Is this possible? or do you have to download anything you want from itunes?

Download Handbrake to rip and convert the DVD to MP4 for iPod.
http://macs.about.com/od/ipod/a/handbrake.htm

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