Capturing from TivoTool to iMovie

Hi, I have a program called TivoTool that captures Tivo files to my iMac. The idea is to then import them to iMovie, remove commercials and burn with iDVD.
There are 5 file choices to save them to.
MPEG 2
MPEG 4
Unmuxed MPEG2
Unmuxed with wav
DVD format .VOB
When I saved it as MPEG2 it saved fine and played when double clicked with Quicktime. I couldn't import it though, when I dragged it to the timeline it says Importing for a second but nothing appeared. When I choice File,import same thing.
So I saved as MPEG4, when I import it starts to import but says it will be an hour.
Any idea which of these should work and why MPEG2 isn't?

Hi NH,
Any idea which of these should work and why MPEG2 isn't?... well, read the specs of iMovie on Apple'siMHD website...
you/Apple have to pay extra for a license to the MotionPictureExpertGroup... and for every flavor of mpeg, 1/2/4....
you can convert mpeg2 into dv with Streamclip... you are able to watch mpeg2? so, you've allready bought&installed the mpeg2 playback compound....
it starts to import but says it will be an houryepp, because any mepg has to be converted; mpegs don't offer frame accuracy for edit purposes, it is meant only for playback, because it doesn't store info/data of every frame... that conversion needs time, iMHD uses the lossless Apple Intermediate Codec to produce an intermediate file for the edit......

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