Transferring Clips saved in IDVD 08 to IDVD 06

I have a large number of video clips that I imported from my camera using IDVD 08, after which for sound editting reason I would like to edit in IDVD 06. Is there a simple and efficient way of importing all of the clips into IDVD 06?

Hello, MarkDean,
Welcome to the discussions.
Are you sure that what you wrote is what you meant?
iDVD is not an importing application, nor is it used for editing. Are you meaning iMovie 08 and iMovie 6? If so, you should be posting in the iMovie 08 or iMovie 6 discussions.
What format is your video footage from your camera? Are you referring to a camcorder or a still camera that shoots video clips?
If you meant iMovie, you can export the clips as quicktime and import that into a new iMovie HD6 project.
Please post back if I am not answering what it is you are trying to do.

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