head over to
www.vcdhelp.com
go into the forums and into the DVD Ripping to DVDR forum
locate the post entitled DVD To DVDR - My Own Tutorial by Blackout.
Hopefully this link will take u straight there:
http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=109346
Print it out, read it, understand it. It tells you all the software u will need.
I started out with dvd2dvdr.com but gave it anyway when i found this guide. CCE and DVDMaestro crap all over rempeg and spuceup.