Download the dvdrip bash script
This is the correct way (for me) to rip hundreds of DVDs. I still wish there was a global hash table of discs whereby we could automatically name individual files, but this does the job and I'll describe my overall workflow. Ripping TV shows is stupidly time consuming compared to audio CDs and I've done everything I can to reduce the time wastery involved. It's not perfect, but I can just feed disks through my machine all day then take an hour or so a week and rename everything I've done.