Mpeg 2 to dv for better quality on idvd

I recently made a film with two cameras one a samsung dv and the other is sony hdd sr42. The movies look great in quick time, on the web, and idvd preview. The sony hdd stuff looks better than the dv, but when I burn the dvd though my dv material is great but my sony hdd stuff looks bad. The video seems to distort whenever there is movement on camera like it can't keep up. I've looked through other posts and have not came up with an answer. My own theory is if I can convert my hdd mpeg2 files to dv it would work. So my questions.
1. I don't know how to convert mpeg2 to dv?
2. Would this help with the poor quality I'm seeing on the dvd parts where my sony cam is in use?
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1. Mpeg2 (the standard DVD format) is a delivery format not intended for editing.
You need to convert the VOB files back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle. For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
which is free, as well as the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
which is a mere $20.
Another possibility is to use DVDxDV:
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm
which costs $25.
Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.
2. I would put money on it!

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