Can't move mpeg clip from Iphoto to imovie

Im a new MacBook Pro owner. I have done my first upload of pictures and video from my digital camera. Everything is visible and and video plays in Iphoto.
In imovie, I cannot get the video clips to transfer to imovie to add to my project to my dismay. The photos easily transferred but not the video clips. A sample clip is named mov04914.mpg. Could it be a file type issue?
I have followed the tutorials- when I click in Iphoto videos in the Even Library list: nothing is listed. I have even exported to the desktop and tried to import from there- it won't allow me to select it.
HELP!!

I have followed the tutorials- when I click in Iphoto videos in the Even Library list: nothing is listed. I have even exported to the desktop and tried to import from there- it won't allow me to select it.
iMovie '08 only imports what it can edit. Other files are ignored. Muxed compression formats like MPEG-1 are not editable in iMovie. Convert them using a third-party, MPEG-based application like iSquint (free), MPEG Streamclip (free), FFmpegX (donation-ware), Visual Hub (pay-ware), or similar application.

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