Bringing in DVD home movies into QT question

My mini-DV tape camcorder is on the blink, so today I purchased a Panasonic mini DVD camcorder that doesn't have firewire [it has USB 2] and since my old Mac only has USB 1.1 and firewire I have a question.
My question: I've read that QT pro can bring dvd home movies in. How does one or what does one do to bring in a DVD home movie to QT pro? My purpose for doing this in the future is to share clips from the home movies via email to family and friends [I know they will be small and compressed but family and friends still really enjoy seeing them in an email].
Further information: my old Mac also has a [firewire connected] Lacie DVD burner that can read and burn to most any DVD format [dvd-r, dvd+r, and even can accept mini DVD's and read them]. The Panasonic mini DVD camcorder I bought today is the model number VDR-D230.

I made and finalized my first mini dvd movie on the camera today to test it in the Lacie external drive connected to the Cube.
Concerning the comparison between Handbrake and Streamclip. Does either allow one to record only parts of the dvd home movie on the fly and exclude other parts. From using Handbrake, I think the last time I used it, that Handbrake basically converted an entire dvd to QT (or mpeg which is readable by QT). I may be wrong about Handbrake because I can only remember using it twice. Is Streamclip better at this, meaning can Streamclip allow me to record only parts of the dvd home movie on the fly to a format that QT can recognize, or does it work in the same fashion as Handbrake when it comes to this area. Also, I should mention that the Panasonic dvd camcorder does come with software called ImageMixer 3 - but after reading about ImageMixer 3 in the manual it requires a 1ghz G4 mac, and I'm only at 450 currently (I could upgrade my cube's processor to a dual g4 (costs almost as much as buying a mini mac or better yet even a single g4 (1.8 ghz speed for $249). I probably won't go the route of ImageMixer 3 since I just bought a $400 camcorder but it was an idea that crossed my mind (until I read about it's requirements) - I am wondering if ImageMixer 3 is good software though.
I did notice you said one can buy a plug in for QT that allows it to see dvd movies. I wonder how that works. I know with my prior mini dv tape camcorder qt would allow me to play the tape (while connected via firewire) and make a movie on the fly and could choose (as it played) when I'd click record and stop (while in qt). Does the plug in for QT for around $20 that allows it to bring in a dvd home movie allow QT to work in a similiar way? If so, for $20 it's a no brainer and I'll dish out the $20 right now.
By the way, I'm not looking at doing in major serious video work here or looking for high quality video. My reason for doing this is to get a low quality small short clip into an email that can be viewed, amuse the parents and friends, and is small enough to email (like qt sharing did with my prior mini dv tape camcorder that went on the blink).
As a follow up to finalizing my first mini dvd on this camcorder. I made a mistake by following the young salesman's recommendation to use the mini dvd-r dual layer disks. When I inserted it into my Lacie which I thought could read anything [and it can read and burn cd, dvd-r, dvd+r] I quickly learned it could not read a dual layer mini dvd disk. Thankfully, I have 2 dvd players connected on top of my tv [one is a dvd burner) and did a copy of the mini dual [I tested and both of them could read the mini dual - the must have been manufactured after the Lacie was]. I know this is not the best solution, since I think the mini dual was converted into an analog signal and then recorded to another dvd [but it was a workable solution to get the dvd to be recognized and pulled into my Mac]. I'll buy some mini dvd's tomorrow for the camcorder that aren't dual layer and test in the Lacie (they should work - I hope). I know it's definitely not advisable [or would work] to try to insert any mini dvd into straight into my Cube [always use the Lacie drive with mini's since it's tray loading, eh].
p.s. I was just informed by Handbrake of this update [dunno if the update changes anyones thinking on Handbrake], but here's the link
http://handbrake.m0k.org/

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