Can't Import from DVD Since 10.5.3 Update

Hi,
I burned a bunch of home movies shot in Super 8 onto DVD and now I'm trying to import into iMovie for editing. I know this isn't directly supported by iMovie for some mysterious reason having to do with Copy Protection but they are my movies.
By perusing various Mac user sites I learned of a workaround that allows you to mount the DVD through Disk Utility, then launch iMovie and the mounted drive is recognized as a camera. This worked fine a week ago when I imported my first couple of DVDs and started editing a birthday video for my daughter using footage from when she was a baby. But then I ran Software Update to upgrade to 10.5.3 and amidst the other iMovie problems that have been reported here (which I have since solved), I can no longer to get iMovie to recognize mounted drives - iMovie just crashes upon launch (after a brief scan of the mounted drive).
I have updated to iMovie 7.1.2 and Quicktime 7.5. Any advice?

I would use MPEG Slipstream (free) to convert the .VOB files (in the VIDEO_TS folder on the DVD) to DV format. This format is natively supported be iMovie. Be warned, though, that this format requires a lot of space (~11.25 GB for an hour of video).
Hope this helps, and good luck!! -- Ian.

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