Mini DVD to iMovie

Bengt posted the following about one month ago in response to a question asking how to get material from a mini DVD to iMovie.
"I do:
• Connect my Camera to a Stand alone DVD-player via the analog cable supported with the Camera
plus a RCA-SCART converting plug. IT HAS TO HAVE an in / out switch.
• Then record a new miniDV tape while DVD-player plays. I see it in my Camera LCD-sceen and
control it by DVD-remote control
• Use the tape into iMovie
∆ Alt if the Camera has video trough function You can record/import into iMovie direct via FW, Camera, analog cable and DVD-player. Not all have this facility."
Am I correct in understanding that I play the mini DVD in a DVD player that is connected to a mini DV camera that is in Record mode.
I don't know what an RCA-SCART converting plug is but I'll hunt around on Google. Further, "IT HAS TO HAVE an in / out switch". Set to in or out? I'm guessing 'out'.
Thanking you in advance.

Bengt's advice says basicly: use a DVD standalone player (to avoid huzzle with non-standard-sized disks) and connect the out to the analogue-in of a camcorder..
scart plugs come as in- or out-connected.. some cables come with a switchable scart-plug.. yepp, out (=from the dvd).. and a connector which fits into the analogue-IN of a camcorder (=very few offer such a connection, read manual....)
Scart/pic from Wikipedia.org
switchable scart/rca adaptor /pic from Wikipedia.org

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