Cannot import .avi file, I only get audio and no video!

Im trying to import from an SDCard some video taken from a Samsung camcorder to import into iMovie09, when I play it on Quicktime I only get audio. I have tried MPEG Streamclip to convert the .avi file to another format but have not been successful. I used MediaInfo and these are the results:
Can anyone help me find a solution please?
General / Container Stream # 1
Total Video Streams for this File -> 1
Total Audio Streams for this File -> 1
Video Codecs Used -> Samsung MPEG-4
Audio Codecs Used -> U-Law
File Format -> AVI
Play Time -> 10mn 3s
Total File Size -> 161 MiB
Total Stream BitRate -> 2 236 Kbps
Video Stream # 1
Codec (Human Name) -> MPEG-4 Visual
Codec (FourCC) -> SEDG
Frame Width -> 720 pixels
Frame Height -> 480 pixels
Frame Rate -> 29.970 fps
Total Frames -> 18085
Display Aspect Ratio -> 1.500
Video Standard -> NTSC
Scan Type -> Progressive
Codec Settings (Summary) -> BVOP
Codec Settings (Packet BitStream) -> No
QF (like Gordian Knot) -> 0.178
Codec Settings (BVOP) -> Yes
Codec Settings (QPel) -> No
Codec Settings (GMC) -> No warppoints
Codec Settings (Matrix) -> Default (H.263)
Video Stream Length -> 10mn 3s 437ms
Video Stream BitRate -> 1 845 Kbps
Bit Depth -> 24 bits
Video Stream Size -> 133 MiB (83%)
Audio Stream # 1
Codec -> ADPCM
Codec (FourCC) -> 7
Audio Stream Length -> 10mn 3s 400ms
Audio Stream BitRate -> 384 Kbps
Audio Stream BitRate Mode -> CBR
Number of Audio Channels -> 1
Sampling Rate -> 48.0 KHz
Bit Depth -> 8 bits
Audio Stream Size -> 27.6 MiB (17%)
Thanks in advance!

Update to first post.
The Flip Video camcorder records or "captures" video in MPEG-4 advanced simple profile format, saved as an AVI file.
MPEG-4 advanced simple profile format = usually DivX
1.) With Mpeg streamclip you should be able to convert your AVI(Divx) files to a DV format for iMovie. To open DivX files, you have to install one of the free Divx Pro codecs on your system.
MPEG Streamclip 1.8
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
DivX Pro Codec 6.6 (6-month trial)
http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/
2.) Visual Hub $24 should be able to convert WMV and AVI (compressed with the DivX Codec)to a DV format for iMovie.
http://www.techspansion.com/visualhub/
3.) With Flip4Mac WMV Player Pro $29 you can convert your WMV files for iMovie.
http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv.htm
4.) With Perian 0.5 and Quicktime Pro $30 you should be able to convert your AVI/DivX files to a DV format for iMovie.
http://perian.org/
I hope one of these solutions work for you.

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