Importing unencrypted dvd video files

I have always brought in video from DVD through a converter and used batch capture. However, I was given the following instructions for bringing in the files without a converter:
"Use imovie and do import and select dvd as source, will copy raw dv footage and save. Convert to quicktime stream, can do in imovie if have quicktime pro, and final cut has as well."
When I tried to follow these instructions using imovie, I got stuck after selecting import and then selecting the dvd footage. It would show a window as if it was importing and then nothing would happen. Where did I go wrong? Does anyone know how this should work who can explain it to me?
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Roundabout way to do it and the instructions really don't make any sense anyway. Even if it works you'll be doing multiple conversions of your video.
Take a look at MPEG Streamclip. It's free, works great, and many people in this forum use it. It's a utility that will directly convert the DVD video to the DV format that FCE requires. (And if you don't already have the QuickTime MPEG 2 Playback Component installed on your Mac, you will need to get it from Apple - $19.99)

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You need to convert the VOB files in the TS-Folder of the DVD back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle. For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
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.
And from the TOU of these forums:
Keep within the Law
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Do not submit software or descriptions of processes that break or otherwise ‘work around’ digital rights management software or hardware. This includes conversations about ‘ripping’ DVDs or working around FairPlay software used on the iTunes Store.
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From the MPEG Streamclip homepage
The installer of the MPEG-2 Playback Component may refuse to install the component in Lion. Apple states the component is unnecessary in Lion, however MPEG Streamclip still needs it. See this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3381
To install the component in Lion, please download MPEG Streamclip 1.9.3b7 beta above; inside the disk image you will find the Utility MPEG2 Component Lion: use it to install the MPEG-2 Playback Component in Lion. The original installer's disk image (QuickTimeMPEG2.dmg) is required.
The current versions of MPEG Streamclip cannot take advantage of the built-in MPEG-2 functionality of Lion. For MPEG-2 files you still need to install the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component, which is not preinstalled in Lion. You don't have to install QuickTime 7.

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The DVD is unencrypted.
I was assuming that it was not protected. However, as you point out, some aspects might be, and the OP might not be completely aware of this.
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