Capturing directly from idvd

I am trying to capture a home vhs movie that I converted to a DVD. I can play the DVD on idvd, but cannot seem to capture it into FCP. Please help.
Thanks.

Thanks for the input.
I think my original questions was not exactly correct. I don't want to go from IDVD into FCP.
I made a DVD of a home video. I can play the DVD on imac's DVD PLAYER and want to go from there directly into FCP.
I know that I could play it on my home DVD player into my camcorder, recording it onto a digital tape, then capture it from there, but I am afraid of losing some quality. I would really like to go directly from the imac DVD PLAYER into FCP.
Any suggestions????

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YOur not alone.
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