Well, the testing pretty much confirmed what I already knew - ripping with DVD Decrypter and converting with AutoGK will pretty much give me the same output every time. I fooled around with the settings and output four different files and they all came out the same (more or less). All three of the percentage files came out at 464 megs (85%, 90%, and 95%) and the three other compression tests I did came out at a worse quality at 400 megs (700 meg target size, 900 meg target size, quarter DVDR (1120 meg) target size). So I've confirmed what I already knew, so it's either stick with DVD Decrypter + AutoGK or go to a much more complicated routine for each and every episode. I'm probably going to stick with this output, but I won't be ripping any more until I get the MAME computer converted to MCE.

URL: Spooks - Episode Guide - TV Tome