Transfering a video from my DVD player into my MAC (IMOVIE)?

How can I transfer a video, which I can play my DVD player into my MAC (IMOVIE)?

Hey Doug,
Thanks for responding.
Here's the deal: I have a Sony Camcorder (that records on a small hard disc), which I'm borrowing to capture about 4 minutes of footage. THe Sony DOES NOT have a firewire port. So I thought that MAYBE I could play the dvd on a dvd player and transfer he footage form the dvd player to my MAC.
But jnow I'm wondering, even if I could, would htere be any "code" or encoding problems, since it is coming from a minidvd camcorder rather than from a minidv camcorder.
Maybe the best solution is just find a minidv camcorder and capture the footage on that (I just have to fiond one).
Thanks,

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