Help with importing DVD for edit

Hey guys, i need to re-edit a film that i made using final cut pro but i deleted the rough file with all the footage and things in it and exported the final product to a dvd. i know how to import the Video_Ts and audio_ts files back on to my computer and copy the dvd but i dont know how to make that information available to put back in to fc so that i can take out some scenes that im not too happy with so i can send it to colleges. If anyone know how to do this i would be most appreciative. thanks

One clumsy but effective way to do this is:
put the dvd disk into your stand alone player.
hook the video and audio outs from the player to the a/v ins to your camcorder.
set your camcorder to do Analog/DV conversion.
connect your camcorder to your computer through firewire
in fcp set your capture to NON-CONTROLABLE device with a capture limit of the length of the DVD.
Start capturing in FCP and hit play on the DVD player.
Hit stop when you have your material.
For what it's worth - throw the camera that records mpeg2 (aka DVDs) into the nearest large body of water (lake, ocean, whatever) and get something useful. This will be a continual pain.
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