Home movie -  source is DVD - Can I edit?

I had a video cassette which was of family home movies.
This was put onto a DVD.
I would like somehow to get this information onto my harddrive to edit etc.. via imovie/iDVD .
is this possible?
where do i begin?

For some additional info and background, take a look at these articles:
Converting Video Files
See MacWorld's review of Visual Hub
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macgems/2006/12/visualhub/index.php
VHS to DVD Options
http://www.macworld.com/2004/05/features/fromvhstodvd/index.php
Editing Old Home Videos
http://www.macworld.com/2007/01/secrets/febmac911/index.php
John

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