Importing a video disc to an imac G5

Hi, I am a fairly new user to mac, so apologies if this seems a daft question.
I am trying to copy a disc, which I beleive to be in NTSC format, onto my mac in order to use the video footage in either idvd or imovie.
I know the disc works because the video will play.
I have looked up in the mac book and also tried on the web to find out how to import the material onto my G5 but have been unsuccessful in finding anything that works.
The disc is not write protected, it is a trip I made last year which has been converted from video to disc for me.
I had understood that most discs would work, although its fair to say this would have been cut on a windows pc, I don't know if that makes a difference. I hope this is enough info for someone to offer me any advice please,
many thanks,
g5   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  
g5   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Welcome to iDVD Discussions.
The video on your DVD has been compressed to MPEG-2. Using that is a BIG mistake. Use the original source video and import into iMovie then send to iDVD.
What was the source of your video? MiniDV tape, I hope.
iDVD 6 Getting Started PDF download
Apple's iMovie Learning Site
Apple's iDVD Learning Site
iLife ’06 Multimedia Tutorials
General Learning Center
Ken Stone: Authoring in iDVD 6
My favorite, by far:
iMovie HD & iDVD 6: The Missing Manual
You can download Chapter four: Camcorder Meets Mac.
iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual

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