Cant open DVD ram discs

I have a 27 inch imac but it won't open my dvd ram disc, they have family videos on them and i am trying to save them to the imac, any help would be great thanks

Intervideo WinDVD is a movie player, not a movie format.
Could please look at the contents of the DVD and look at the file name of one of the tracks?
The suffix is the key. It will be "something.xyz"
That is the information you need to figure out if there is a way to play the movies on a Mac.

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