Old mpegs of DVD's to be imported

Long long time ago, when I was doing my media management on a PC, I had made mpegs of my daughter's birth videos through Roxio Easy Media Creator.
Unfortunately that miniDVD has been corrupted and I cannot import it into iMovie anymore because there is a disc error while reading it.
Is there a suggestion as to how I can convert those mpeg files into iMovie-readable format?
Thanks in advance!

Karsten Schlüter wrote:
//why not making use of the Search feature of this forum //
DVDs are in a socalled delivery format (mpeg2), which isn't meant and made for any processing as editing...
for using the iLife apps, you have to convert'em first, in recommended order, choose one of the following tools/workarounds:
DVDxDV (free trial, 25$, Pro: 90$)
Apple mpeg2 plugin (19$) + Streamclip (free)
VisualHub (23.32$)
Drop2DV (free)
Cinematize >60$
Mpeg2Works >25$ + Apple plug-in
Toast 6/7/8 allows converting to dv/insert dvd, hit apple-k
connect a miniDV Camcorder with analogue input to a DVD-player and transfer disk to tape/use as converter
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml
http://karsten.schluter.googlepages.com/convertdvdstodvs
none of these methods or tools override copy protection/DRM mechanisms.. advice on 'ripping' is a violation of the ToU of this board ..
+be nice to copy rights ...+
Just fyi, these were my daughter's birth videos, so no copyright violation issue
But after using one of the programs, I realized the dates were all set to the date of "extraction". Is there a way to set the metadata after a clip is imported into iMovie?
Is it better to start a new thread?

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I'm very new at editing, so please bear with me!
No problem, we all were at one time. Welcome to the family.
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Dag Norum:
First of all, thank you for your quicly reply ;-)
Second, I'm very sorry to make a reply almost a month after your answer. The reason is that I went on holidays without an opportunity to test your tip.
I used Harm's link and than reached to a Bitrate of 8.0000 for all three fields (Min., Target and Max.) and that makes all the difference. Now I have a video with very good quality.
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And why you suggested to not have the "Optimize stills" checked? This is to optimize the frames without movement, isn´t it? Many times I use photos inserted in the movie. This option isn't good for that?
Your last suggestion, to go directly from timeline to the end target (MPEG2) is much different than that I use (DV compressor)?
If you could answer my questions I would appreciate.
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(sorry if my english isn't the better)
Message was edited by: Warlord_LA   (01-Oct-2009   23h51)
Sorry, I'd made a mistake. When I answer to you I didn't realise that your sugestions was to AVI exportation and not to MPEG2.
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