Analog video 8 to DVD

I just transferred all my 8mm videos to DVD using a Toshiba DVD recorder. Previous failed attempts with a PC and Dazzle box brought me to buy a mac becasue all my friends said "you wont have these problems with a mac... IMovie is easy". So now I find that IMovie wont understand the DVDs I made, either formatted or non formatted. What do I need to do to get these movies into a format so that my 17 yr old daughter (who knows how to edit on IMovie) can begin to make a small film for a family enet that is quickly approaching? Is there a program to convert the DVD information or do I have to get something like a firewire cable (for an old Sony Analog S8 Video) and tediously watch the tape spin into the computer?
Your help is very much appreciated.
Steve
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...super 8 film in cartridges and on reels. Want to convert to DVD...
hmm, that is less a computer, more a "mechanical" problem
you could use your projector and the silverscreen in a dark room, place your camcorder close aside the projector and "record" the projection..
problems:
"hot spot" - the middle of the projection is much brighter then the broders
flicker - your super8s use 20, 18, 15, 12 (?) fps, video is in the US 30fps...
sharpness/brightness - your camcorder has to be able to switch off any automatics, otherwise, the pic will "pulse"...
for a few takes, I would give that a try... to transfer family's history, I would spend a dime... they use xx k$ hardware, which accomplishes that task much better (make a test, before transfering all 127 wheels of film...)
buuut:
try to find a company which transfers from super8 to miniDV (=tape)!!
in case, you want to edit the footage, you avoid loss during the lossy process of converting dvd=>iMovie...
you have much more options to create a nice (=edit just the best scenes), good sounding (add commentary & music), excellent looking (menus) dvd on your Mac....

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