How do you convert personal dvd footage to imovie? Is it at all possible?

Ive just dug out old footage from 17 years ago and have put them onto DVD,, Now id like to put them thru imovie to edit..
is it at all possible?

Thanks.

depending on how you burnt the files to the dvd, did you create a working dvd or did you put the movie files onto the dvd?

If its that you made a working dvd you may have to rip it then encode it to a movie file, say by using mactheripper to get the vob, then handbrake to convert to mpg or another format.

Maybe there is a quicker way around this, but im not sure.

Ok thanks but that just sounds waaay to hard! Mac should have developed an easy tool for this!

lol, you can convert it straight from handbrake too rather than using mactheripper. go to

http://handbrake.fr/

Then pop your dvd into the drive, and there is a list of presets on handbrake with descriptions, so you wont have any trouble. its more or less point and click now.

Give it a try, hope i helped

OK thanks im downloading it now.. Does it create an icon after you have finished ripping?

well you decide where to save the file, so if you put it on the desktop the end result would be:

mymovie.mpg or .avi etc depending on what format you save it as

You may also want to try ffmpegX. It's pretty quick with good results.

Ok thanks heaps to you guys!