Importing video from disk

I'm new to FCE, to Mac, and to asking for help.
My embarassingly quaint question is: Why can't I import material from my Sony disk? Using my Samsung DVD recorder, I've transferred my video onto a regular 4.5" disk; but FCE tells me it's in the wrong format and won't accept it.
I have to use this dodgey system because I don't have the appropriate cable to feed directly from my cheapie Canon ZR 900 into my Mac. (I'm desperately trying to find one).
Please put me out of my misery.
And thank you.

The ZR900 is a vanilla miniDV camcorder.
All you need is an inexpensive 4-pin to 6-pin FireWire cable (or a 4-pin to 9-pin FireWire cable if you have a newer iMac that only has a FW800 port).
The 4-pin plug goes into your ZR900's FireWire port; the 6-pin or 9-pin plug goes into your iMac depending on whether it has FW400 (6-pin) or FW800 (9-pin) ports. Then you can capture your video directly into FCE.
These are available lots of places ... Amazon, buy.com, newgg.com, MacMall, monoprice.com ... your local RadioShack and often big box or office supply stores should also have these cables.

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