Problem Importing Home Video

I just transferred a home video from VHS to a DVD-R but when I tried to import it to iMovie it set that the format was not compatible with iMovie. Does anyone have any suggestions of how to convert this video so it will work in iMovie. Thanks

I would recommend that you buy the Apple MPEG2 Playback Component ($20) and MPEG Streamclip (free).
Put your DVD into your Mac. If DVD Player comes up, quit it. THen open the DVD in the finder.
Open MPEG Streamclip. Drag the VOB files from the DVD to MPEG Streamclip. If it offers to repair timecodes say yes. In Streamclip, FILE/EXPORT USING QUICKTIME. Choose Apple Intermediate Codec, and give the file a name. You can then import this file into iMovie.

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