Importing DVD footage to iMovie!?

I'm a little frustrated, since I bought iLife mostly for iMovie (to edit my acting reel myself) and Garageband.
I've tried importing the contents of the DVD several ways (dragged it into the Media folder while iMovie was shut, then re-opening it) but nothing seems to work. Is it because:
a- Perhaps I don't have the lastest OSX version - 10.4?
b- The contents in the DVD are not DV ready? (if so, how do I select the files to make sure they are DV ready?
Help anyone?
Thanks,
Elizabeth

Hi Liz,
I'm very sure, I've posted that workaround a thousands times here...
in case you're interested in the details:
for editing, you need every frame of the footage (you've heard, a video contains 30/25 frames a second...); DV, which is a socalled compressor, stores every frame (on tape, which has a similiar name, miniDV)... in result, you get ~13GB of data an hour of dv.... a video-dvd stores just 4.4GB... but you want to watch more then ~20minutes of video before changing the dvd... what to do? use another compressor, called mpeg2; that compressor is meant for playback... nice results, BUT not meant for editing purposes; the basic difference to dv is, it stores just the delta of many frames, that means, it stores the differences between two (or more) frames. if you want to edit such material, in a high computing process you have to "estimate" the content of every frame to restore it for editing purposes......
same with any other mpeg flavor, as is mpg1/2/4/hs263/hs64/.......
iM6 allows import of mpeg4 files, generated by some "toys" not meant for filming as mobile phones etc. that footage has to be converted first, into Apple Intermediate Codec.... high computation...... it would make absolute no sense, to convert mpeg2 content into mpeg4 into dv/aic.... mpeg codecs are lossy, meaning, any conversion results in a (dramatic) loss of pic quality.
socalled HD-camcorders store in mpeg2 too, but that is another cup of tea......
any detail in better english - do some wiki ;-)))

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Hello CreoleGQ,
the software Karsten's post points you to is meant to convert MPEG-2 (DVD) video to DV format (iMovie compatible).
I recommend you start reading here:
Dan Slagle's Unofficial iMovie FAQ: Using Mpeg (DVD) footage
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
Matti Haveri's website: How can I edit MPEG or convert DVD or MPEG to DV
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/%7Eshmhav/SVCDon_a_Macintosh.html#edit_convertMPEG
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which is free, but you must also have the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
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(unless you are running Lion in which case see below))
which is a mere $20.
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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.
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Keep within the Law
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Matti Haveri's website
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http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
Apple MPEG2 PlayBack:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
DVDxDV
http://www.dvdxdv.com/
DIVA
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17899
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My list on this.
*DVD back for futhur editing*
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C. Read what Karsten collected.
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.. and here the complete 'full 9 yards' ... .
//discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3822853&#3822853
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made for any processing as editing... or, as honorable forum member
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• Drop2DV (free) a free tool claiming to convert DVDs into dv-stream...
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from. Bobby Keene
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//danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
//danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml
be nice to copy rights ^-^
... and, next time, try the forum's search-feature...
from Beverly M.
//docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42724
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3822853&#3822853
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from: Bobby Keene
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http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml
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... and, next time, try the forum's search-feature...
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42724
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// why not making use of the Search feature of this forum //
// following text is just copy/paste, no individual answer //
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Mpeg2Works >25$ + Apple plug-in
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml
http://karsten.schluter.googlepages.com/convertdvdstodvs
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+be nice to copyrights ...+

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Hi
A. No not with any standard program in You Mac
B. Violating Copyright and Comercial DVDs: Are not even alowed to be discussed
in this forum
C. Using Your own material from previously done DVDs
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