Editing from a DVD created from a VHS tape

I have been coping a lot of VHS tapes of the kids to DVD's (DVD-RW). Now I want to load the DVD into iMovie and edit. Do anyone know of a program that will do this?
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7)
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7)

http://www.miraizon.com/products/products.html
Go to the above link and download the Cinematize 2 product. This works great, and it is very easy to use. I transfered all of my old HI-8 videos to DVD. I had the SAME problem as you, I could not load the new DVDs to iMovie. Cinematize allows you to "cinematize" the DVD, to allow it to work in iMovie. I am now able to edit all of my old Hi-8 videos, because Cinematize allowed iMovie to read my newly formed DVDs.
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