Loading video from a mini-DVD

If I have video that was shot using a camcorder that records on small DVDs, is it possible to load those small DVD's into the slot on the side of an iMac?

Thanks for the warning.
I also have a Mac with a tower with one slot that accommodates large and small DVD's. It's a Dual 2 GHz Power PC G5. It's run by Mac OS X 10.4.11.
I put the small DVD in there and I got a message that said it could not read the DVD. Can some setting be changed so the DVD can be read? Are those camcorder DVD's recorded in a completely different format? When I put the small DVD in a DVD player it would not play either.

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Hi f
Very good advices from Sue ! (Hi Sue !)
Karsten has collected it like this:
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