I didn't get that gst-editor to run and I reallay don't want compile all by myself. Think I'll wait a bit.
But I found a really nifty little-tool for dvd-ripping.
It is called acidrip and it is based on mplayer/mencoder. So it rips directly from dvd and is really fast. It is small, easy to get it running , definitly something that makes the work easier.
acidrip and lsdvd -
http://sourceforge.net/projects/acidrip/
And a install Howto for noobs:
http://www.jabentley.com/docs/acidrip-howto.html
Greets
Steffen