Recorded a Non-DV tape to DVD. Unable to play on iMac.

I want to edit a home movie I put onto DVD from a non-DV camcorder. But unlike DVD's that were made with video from a DV Camcorder, this DVD will not even play on the iMac. And I want to copy it into the iMac eventually for editing purposes, but beed to know how to get it to play on the iMac normally first. Any help is appreciated.

ChicoPhi174 wrote:
I want to edit a home movie I put onto DVD ...
is this a videoDVD (=can be used in any DVDplayer) => don't hesitate to use the Search-Feature of this board, keywords 'import DVD'
or is this a dataDVD? the, you have to tell us the 'format', specificly the codec of that data, so NOT 'it's avi/mov', but wmv, sorenson, h263, mpeg1/2/4, whatever..
or, tell us the source of that 'video', e.g. what kind/tpye of camera ...

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