Mini-DVD and MacBook Air

I have a MacBook Air and purchased the Super Drive for MacBook Air. I have all these family movies on DVD Mini's. Is there anyway to play them and get them into IMovie? Is there an adapter that will work in the slot? Is there such a thing as an external drive for these little discs? Any help will be really appreciated!

No. There is no adapter to get mini-DVDs safely into a MBA.
If you do a Google search you will find that there are lots of external drive that can be used with mini-DVDs.
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