Need to import VIDEO_TS into iMovie and I cant do it.

I have several discs with clips on them that I need to import into iMovie to edit all together, I can not seem to do it. On one disc for example is a Video_ts folder and in the file are .bup .ifo .vob I dont know if these are the clips, if so how do I get iMovie to recongnize them? Please Help!
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This sounds like videos that are actually DVD videos.
It's possible that they were copied from a DVD onto another disk, but the layout you describe is a DVD format.
You need a program that can convert these into QuickTime format.
I have used a program called DVDxDV to convert DVD videos that I made back into QuickTime format.
This program, will automatically extract the audio and video into clips that are sized and formatted for importing into iMovie.
iMovie not only has a file size limit, but also time duration (length) that each file must be under.
So, it needs to be the right file format, right length of time (shorted than 8 minutes), and less than 2 GB in size.
This program automatically does all that for you. If the video segment is longer than the requirements, then it creates multiple files that you can drag and drop into iMovie.
It is available in a trial version for you to experiment with.
Once you find that it does what you want, they offer a variety of packages that you can purchase. I went with the $25 level, and that worked fine for me.
http://www.dvdxdv.com/products.html
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