Still Photos from DVD?

I apologize if I'm not posting this in the right forum, I wasn't sure where to ask -
I have a DVD (home video put onto to DVD, nothing copyright), I know how to make a copy of it on the Mac and how to burn copies of other DVD's, etc., but I am wondering if it's possible to pull still photo's from the DVD/movie?
When I copied the DVD onto my Mac, I get a file with several sub-folders in it - VIDEO_TS, AUDIO_TS, etc., I haven't been able to import anything into iMovie - it quits part-way through.
Is there anyway to put the movie/video into an application that will then let me pull out or copy still photos from it?
Hopefully that made sense, not sure if I'm correctly explaining what I'd like to do...
Thanks!

You can capture stills from a digital movie through use of
a third-party shareware such as Snapz Pro X; perhaps a
few others, too. Some may offer a demo limited use feature
to see what it could do.
• Snapz Pro X - Ambrosia Software:
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/
I'm not certain what GraphicConverter from LemkeSoft can do.
This also is a third-party shareware; it can work in demo mode.
• GraphicConverter:
http://www.lemkesoft.com/
Been some time since I last used products from either source;
so you may find something (or not) of use to you there.
For just an occasional grab or screenshot of a frame from a
digital video, you could try pausing the movie and using the
standard keyboard keys to create a snapshot of that image
and save it to the desktop. That would be sort of clumsy but
it may do for a few images out of your own digital video files.
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