DVD & iMovie

Hi there
Is it possible to import a home-made DVD movie into iMovie or to do this do I require some 3rd party software?
My wife created a DVD of our wedding using footage from a video camera using a Sony Multi-Function DVD Recorder (VRD-MC5) and she would now like to import this footage into iMovie for further touches up.

Take a look at Cinematize 2, I've used it with iMovie 06 and iDVD 08. It has several modes of converting the data. One mode is called "lossless".
For the job you're doing you may prefer to use iMovie 06 instead of iMovie 08 (I would).
iMovie 06 and iDVD 08 is a terrific combination.
iMovie 06 is a free download to iLife 08 owners. (THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE IT!)
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/imovieHD6.html
Your workflow would go something like this.
Use Cinematize 2 to create a Quicktime file from the DVD.
Important that file into iMovie 06.
From iMovie 06, share to iDVD 08 (assuming you want a DVD).

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