Using a DVD-R

Can I use a S-Video to USB from a DVD player to my MacBook so that I can edit a DVD I burned of old family movies? I used an old VHS tape to record the DVD-R of the movies. I no longer have a VHS video camera.
I tried using the DVD-R in the MacBook without luck.

If you have a device called an EyeTV Hybrid from ElGato systems, you can connect the S-Video to the EyeTV Hybrid and import into your Mac as MPEG2. You then must convert the MPEG2 to an editable codec before importing into iMovie.
A more straightforward way would be to buy the Apple MPEG2 Playback Component ($20) and MPEG Streamclip (free).
Put your DVD into your Macbook. If DVD Player comes up, quit it. THen open the DVD in the finder.
Open MPEG Streamclip. Drag the VOB files from the DVD to MPEG Streamclip. If it offers to repair timecodes say yes. In Streamclip, FILE/EXPORT USING QUICKTIME. Choose Apple Intermediate Codec, and give the file a name. You can then import this file into iMovie.

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