Can't edit in QT Pro

Dumb Question. I've updated to pro and can select parts of a movie, but the edit selections (cut, copy, paste, trim to selection, etc.) are not active. What am I doing wrong?

QuickTime Pro doesn't edit MPEG (.mpg) files so these menu options will appear grayed out.
Use some third party software to convert your .mpg files to QuickTime format and then you can edit.
MPEG-1 and 2 are playback formats and QuickTime Pro can't edit muxed file formats (audio and video in the same track).

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