Getting video in from a mini dvd

Any idea how I can get the video from my mini-dvd camera into my i-mac without buying a new external dvd hard drive ? And what program would I edit it with when Ido get it in---imovie or what?
Help would be appreciated.

Hello mrt1955
Welcome to Discussions
You didn't say which video camera you have so I assume there's no firewire port on it to connect it to your iMac.
A couple of other things come to mind that you can do:
1. Do you know someone with a drive that supports mini DVD's and copy them to a standard size DVD?
2. Call some camera centers in your area one of them will be able to copy from mini to standard size DVD for you!
Yes importing your video's to iMovie HD would be a good place to start!
Dennis
17" iMac Intel Core Duo 1.5GB Ram   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   Maxtor 300GB FireWire Creative Inspire 2.1 2G Nano

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