IDVD file to iMovie

I created a photo slideshow on iDVD (because I needed to play it on a DVD player), but now I'd like to upload it to YouTube. How can I accomplish this? YouTube won't accept any files created in iDVD. Is there a way to open this file in iMovie to share it on YouTube?
Thank you.

Welcome to the forums!
You need to 'reverse engineer' the DVD, which is in the compressed mpeg2 final delivery format not intended for editing.
The DVD contains a folder of files:
You need to convert the VOB files back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle. For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
which is free, but you must also have the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
which is a mere $20.
Another possibility is to use DVDxDV:
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm
which costs $25.
For the benefit of others who may read this thread:
Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.
Having now got the project in iMovie, you can convert it to a format suitable for YouTube.

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