Converting video from Sony DSC-H1

My Sony DSC-H1 camera produces MPEG's not compatible with Mac. I’ve tried a couple different ways to convert it into a format that can be loaded into iMovie or iDVD, but each step takes SO LONG! My goal is always to get either unedited or edited video onto a DVD so my family and others can view it. Does anyone know what is the best (and least time-consuming) process by which to do this?

If I need to edit, then I have to convert the MPEG 2 from my camera to DV for iMovie, correct? But then I need to transfer it to iDVD in order to copy it to a DVD, is that right? It’s a lot of steps that each take a long time for the conversions...no shorter way?
If I don’t want to edit, say just keep vacation video as it comes from the camera, is there any quicker way to just get the MPEG 2 onto a TV-playable DVD?

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