Reading DVD from Sony RDR-VX535

Just bought a Sony Video Cassette Recorder/DVD Recorder to transfer years of family VHS tapes to DVD. Transfer seemed to go ok and DVD plays in DVD player. However, when put into my iMac the DVD files are not recognized either to play the DVD or put into imovie to edit, which is my ultimate goal. Sony tech support says I need MPEG codec but that means nothing to me. Not video savvy so need help!
Thanks

I'm assuming you are wanting to transfer VHS to DVD in your VHS/DVD player and then use the DVD's in your mac to edit movies with imovie.
You will need to convert the files on the DVD's you have made to a format that it compatible with imovie, DV will do fine. To make this conversion you will need some 3rd party software, I'd use mpegstreamclip (free), but you will also need to get the Quicktime mpeg2 playback component from  which will cost you $20/30. I believe isquint and some other software doesn't require this component and is also free, I don't use these applications but believe they are a little more restrictive than mpegstreamclip.

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