Playing mini dvds on Macbook

I have a sony dvd camcorder which records onto mini dvds and I wish to find a way to play them in my 13" macbook. Can I just buy an external tray loading dvd drive? Will this work ok with the format that the camcorder records in? I have tried to contact Sony about this and they reckon it's not possible!

Can I just buy an external tray loading dvd drive?
Yes.
Will this work ok with the format that the camcorder records in?
Depends. I've heard reports of people not being able to play Sony recorded discs in anything but Sony DVD players because they use their own formats. If you can find somebody with a different brand DVD player, you can test it. You may need to import the video to the computer, hopefully through FireWire, otherwise through USB.

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