Ripping DVDs - dumb question

Hey all,
I'm putting together a demo video for a belly dance troupe and they want me to use footage from various performances over the years. The problem is that they only have the footage on DVDs. I told them that I'm not sure I'd be able to access the footage even if I were to rip them.
After some digging, I was able to find an app that rips AND converts to a .mov file. Unfortunately, the .mov file is unrecognized by FCP.
I brought a clip into QT and exported as an animation as well as straight up NTSC DV and FCP still says, "unrecognized file".
Does anyone know how to get around this issue (other than having them give me the original footage which they don't have)?
And before anyone says anything, I understand fully that ripping DVDs of movies is illegal, blah blah blah. That's not what I'm asking.
Thanks gang,
HJW

You need MPEG Streamclip. Free download here: http://www.squared5.com
Copy the VIDEO TS folder to your hard drive, open VOB1.1 in the application -and the others if you are asked. Fix TC breaks if this warning shows up.
Then: File > Export to QuickTime. Choose the DV codec and set quality to 100%.
Bring the resulting files into FCP.

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