Looking to edit a home DVD

Hi,
I am a bit new to DVD editing.
I took a video to Kinko's and asked them to transfer it onto a DVD for me. They did, and I can view it fine on both my powerbook and my home DVD player, however, I would like to do some editing to it.
I have a powerbook G4 and was wondering what I would need to do in order to import that video file into iMovie HD in order to edit it and then create chapters, and then re-burn it on a DVD.
I hope someone can help!
Thanks.
Powerbook g4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

It would have been better if they put the video as DV stream instead of a video DVD. A video DVD is highly compressed compared to DV, so you have lost quality.
To rip the DVD:
http://danslagle.dvmix.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml

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