Can't Import Into iMovie

Used Easy VHS to DVD to import old VHS tapes onto my MacBook Pro. Want to edit them in iMovie '09, but the MPG file is greyed out in the input dialog box. I converted it to .mov using FF MPEG. The .mov file isn't greyed out, but it still doesn't import. Anyone know why? Could it be the size of the video? It's >9 GB.

iM09 appears to be more limiting in terms of which file (compression) formats it imports... you might find that iMHD imports several more types of files than iM09.
When I encountered such an issue in the past, I just used QT Pro to export the file using h264, and iM09 seemed to like that!

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1) I downloaded MPEG Streamclip for this function, but it says I need to purchase the MPEG-2 converter for $20, which I don't want to do since it seems that the Roxio software has this function (converting to Apple Intermediate).
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Here's some light reading on the subject!:
iMovie Cannot See or Control Camera:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43000
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/vt3/10228
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?forumID=858&threadID=231694
Useful tip to ‘kick-start’ the connection:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=463729&tstart=0
esp. see Beverly’s work-around
The above problem with ref. to QuickTime Versions:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=263662&tstart=0
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=397899&tstart=0
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I have a lot of DV tapes shot ten years ago on a JVC camcorder that I want to import into iMovie.
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*QUICKLY put your camera back in play mode. again very quickly press the 'play' button, either on the imovie import screen or on your camera. your DV tape will start to play back.*
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...but this solution doesn't work for me. I cannot "quickly" click the Play button on the camera monitor or in the iMovie window after switching from record to Play on the camera because there is a 5 second time lag on both the camera's monitor and in the iMovie window while the iMovie screen/camera monitor switches over from Record to Play.
Is there any way I can get older DV footage into iMovie from my Vixia hv 30? My resources are at a very low ebb right now.

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