How do I get my DVD onto iDVD? Help pls

Hi,
I want to create a compliation of all of my video clips. Some are in iMovie, which are easy enough to use iDVD to create a compilation DVD, but the rest have been burnt to disk from my old computer.
How can I transfer the videos from disc onto my Mac so I can then move them into iDVD and create my compliltion?
ANy tips greatly apprecaited (particularly as it was intended to be my last minute XMas present!)
c

A dvd is normally considered a finished product and is highly compressed into Mpeg-2. However you may still be able to meet your objective with a third party app like DVDXDV but you'll likely notice some loss in quality. What you'll have to do is convert those existing dvd's back into QT files for use within iMovie or iDVD (your choice).
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