Can iMovie edit MPEG-2?

I have two MPEG-2 files I create don Windows and want to edit in iMovie 8 on my Intel Mac Pro. The help states it only imports Mpeg-4 but elsewhere the help states it can handle MPEG-2. I can't import them into iMovie so what format would iMovie accept from a Windows PC?
Thx
Kevin

I can't import them into iMovie so what format would iMovie accept from a Windows PC?
The DV standard would likely be the most "universal" format. Other acceptable formats would be Apple Intermediate Codec, MPEG-4, H.264, Motion-JPEG, etc. As to audio, I would stick with AAC (must use acceptable sampling/data rate combinations), AIFF, Uncompressed, etc.
The help states it only imports Mpeg-4 but elsewhere the help states it can handle MPEG-2.
The camcorder import option will sometimes import MPEG-2 formats if the content can be imaged to appear as HDD, DVD, or Memory Card camcorder content. For most, this proposition is somewhat "iffy" while for others it seems to work fine. My usual preference would be would be to convert the various "muxed" MPEG format and/or M2V/AC3 files manually using an MPEG-based, third-party application or QT Pro for M2V/AIFF elementary streams (or similar frame-to-frame formats).

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