Trying to import from DVD

Hi everyone,
I am making a documentary on my friends band. He gave me some extra footage on a DVD-R. I have no problems watching the DVD.
I am trying to import it into IMovie, but it isn't working. I click on "Import" and click on the DVD and it shows 2 files. One is Video T_S and the other is Audio T_S.
In the audio file, there is nothing there. In the video file there is a 7 files, but they are all greyed out. I click on open anyway and it says it is importing, but nothing happens.
Does anyone know what is going on here? If you need to know the names of the 7 files, ask and i will list them.
Thank you in advance

here's another discription + some links:
get for 20$ the Apple mpeg2 plugin
and for free the tool Streamclip
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml

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