Transferring mini dvd video into imovie in Chronological order

Transferring mini dvd video into imovie in Chronological order.
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MacBook Pro
Mac OS X
version 10.7.5
Imovie ' 11
version 9.0.8
Hitachi camcorder
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I am very new to this. The reason I got the Mac was to edit old home videos. This has been a nightmare so far.
But , now I have found that there are two products out there that ( I hear ) will do the job real easy.
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Hi f
Very good advices from Sue ! (Hi Sue !)
Karsten has collected it like this:
Hi
A. don't put a mini DVD into Your iMac. You need a trayloaded DVD to do this.
B. Read what Karsten collected:
DVD back to iMovie:
.. and here the complete 'full 9 yards' ... :
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3822853&#3822853
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http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml
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