IMovie will not import video from DVD

I transferred a VHS tape to a DVD using my Panasonic DVD recorder. I finalized the disk and then attempted to import the disk to iMovie in order to edit it.
I could not get the video to import. I get the following message: "You selected a directory to import, but no importable movies were found inside. Please select another directory or file."
The files in the DVD folder end in VOB.
With some wrangling, I can get the disk to play on the DVD Player, but I cannot get it to play every time.
When I click on the movie file in the DVD folder DVD Player says the media type is not supported.
How can I import this?

See my post here.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3951

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