FileForums - Easy question for the pros

Okay here's my problem, I have some fight videos of mine that are on HI 8 and I want to get them on youtube. Everyone one that I run across says its not big deal. Yet they can never do it. I have a lone DVD burner that will hook up to the camera via RCA and I can transfer the videos to DVD. But the problem everyone is stumped at is how do I take that DVD rip it to a file so I can upload it on youtube. Their answer is I have to find the software to do that. They're never much help after that no matter how much they claim to "know". I'm not super computer savvy so I haven't been able to find anything. If anyone could help me out I'd really appreciate it. Hell if you could just give me a link that might guide me in the right direction I'd be happy. Thanks for your time.