[DM-MUG] importing video from a DVD

[Jeff Muller]

I'd like to put together a project in iMovie (my first attempt) using several pieces of video that are on DVDs. Most of these were originally on a broadcast format and were dubbed to VHS and later to DVD (the more recent ones were straight to DVD). All of them will play fine in the iMac's DVD Player. The problem is that when I try to import any of them into iMovie, I get two folders called "VIDEO_RM" & "VIDEO_TS". Inside those folders are several grayed-out files with cryptic names and extensions like .BUP, .IFO, .DAT, .VOB. I don't have a clue what these are or how to make them available. I've searched thru the Help files but can't find anything that addresses this problem.

What am I doing wrong? Help, please!

Jeff