Why can't I import video and photo media, that in my Music and My photos

I'm pretty new to Mac machines but I've been trying to create a dvd of the current video content I have which was recently imported from my now broken PC, however when I attempt to import any media the items are all greyed out and won't be accepted to import.
Can anyone help please

One possibility with music is that it is from a share source and identified as not paid for, I do not know the terminology, but i had to buy a song once to make it available in imovie, my original copy (no idea where i got it) would not show up. but this does not explain the photos not showing up.
roger

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