A: What you are referring to is "ripping" a CD or digitally copying the tracks from your compact audio disc to your PC.    Some programs will copy and compress the tracks into MP3's in one step.  Other programs will copy the tracks as WAV files (uncompressed audio) then compress them into MP3s in a second step.

Here's what you need before you can copy a DVD:

1. A CD to copy (yes, some idiot would forget that if I didn't list it)
2. A program that will "rip" the music from the disc
3. About 15-20 minutes per disc (more or less depending on your drive speed, etc.)

DISCLAIMER FOR THIS TUTORIAL: Only copy CDs you already own, blah blah blah, copying CDs you don't own is stealing, yada yada yada, and as always; don't play with yourself or you'll go blind...

For this tutorial, we will be ripping the Pink Floyd classic "Dark Side of the Moon"

1. Start the program (i'm using MusicMatch - get it here)
2. Put the CD in your drive
3. MusicMatch looks up the track listing and starts playing the CD for you ... well, isn't that conveeeeeenient?!?!?!
4. Click STOP to stop the disc from playing
5. Click "COPY TO COMPUTER" [PiC]
6. You'll see a dialog box telling you that you have to copy the songs to your computer ... a real stranglehold on the obvious, huh?
7. Click "YES" and the recorder window pops up, click "START COPY" to, uh, start copying I guess.... [PiC]
8. You'll see the progress of each track being ripped [PiC]
9. When it finishes copying, your CD should pop out on its own
10. Close the recorder by clicking the small "X" in the upper right corner of its window.
11. Click "LIBRARY" in the left column of the main window to see your newly ripped CD [PiC]
12. END