Do I use compressor to rip High School football game from DVD?

I am making a recruitment video for a Senior in High School. I film all of his local games, but two weeks ago they played out of state. He just gave me a DVD of the game footage. Would I use compressor to turn the footage back into an editable format? I use ProRes LT in FCP, but have never had to use someone else's DVD. I know the footage has already been compressed since it has been placed on a DVD, so I want to use the best options for the best quailty.

Look at Flip4Mac. The free version should allow you to view the wmv file. This paid versions should allow you to convert it. You can try before you buy to make sure it works. It should work with Compressor.
Another option is the free open-source Handbrake. I have no personal experience with this for wmv, but I have heard anecdotally that it may work.

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I have customers awaiting a musci DVD, not with thei quality I can't.
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Simple export a ProRes 422 file, upload that by itself. Facebook, Vimeo, YoutTube, etc, all compress the video themselves. So don't compress it first, just upload it and let them do their own compression.

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