Trouble opening files on DVD of Old Movies. Help!

Had a Service transfer many reels of old family movies (in no particular order) onto DVD discs. Goal is to edit out clips I don't want, move clips around, add music, etc. to create a family story.
I transferred files from both DVD's into Movies folder. Was able to get Disc A files to show up in lower window of iMovie but wouldn't drag into top "palette" of windows. Doubled clicked on file but got "video not found" message. Files wouldn't play in any other app. either. Eventually was able to open DVD Player and play Disc A.
Disc B wouldn't import into iMovie and didn't play first few tries in DVD Player (software wasn't highlighted). I'm not sure how I finally got it to play in DVD player because I was trying so many different things.
Questions:
How do I get both disc files into iMovie and able to be manipulated?
Should I use iMovie or iDVD? What's the difference between them?
Did transfer service create files that aren't usable in iMovie/iDVD?
Files on DVD are shown as both Adobe and Unix files. There are 5 or 6 files listed on each DVD. Do these file comprise a "total" one DVD movie? Or are there several movies on each disc but I can only play one?
Help! This is to be a Christmas present. Need to hurry.
Thanks!

You need to convert the VOB files on the DVDs back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle. For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
which is free, but you must also have the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
which is a mere $20.
Another possibility is to use DVDxDV:
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm
which costs $25.
For the benefit of others who may read this thread:
Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.

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