I have my home movies on DVD from Windows.  I am trying to import them into iMovie but it won't recognize the files.  The movies will play on my Mac but I can't seem to import them.

I have my home movies on DVD burned from Windows and am trying to import them into iMovie.  The DVD will play on my Mac but I can't seem to import the movie.  Can anyone help?

See my post here for how to do this.

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