Importing dvd video files???

I'm trying to import footage I shot on film which was dumped to beta sp with a copy for rough cut put on DVD. The files on the DVD are the same as those found on a typical DVD movie (minus the incryption etc.) and I can watch my footage like a typical DVD as well. I tried simply importing the VOB files but for some reason final cut pro will not recognize one of them and the others are useless to me (just bars and useless outtakes). I assume that all of the files together create my footage rather than each VOB file individually??? Is there a way to log and capture this footage from a dvd drive? or do I have to convert this footage into mpeg2 format and then import that? Or is there another alternative? How do I get this footage into final cut with the least amount of resolution loss?
Please Help me!!! I'm very frustrated.

In about two seconds someone is going to reply telling you that you need to search the forum for the answer. The answer is in here somewhere, this question is asked all the time.
I was forced to do something like this a couple weeks ago for my brother-in-law, and the solution that worked for me was to use Drop2DV...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/25916

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