Does iMovie support raw video footage?

I have a MacBook Pro that is about 3 years old.
I am trying to upload video footage shot in RAW to iMovie.
But I keep getting error messages or iMovie just closes.
I can upload short clips of 10-30 seconds.  But my clips of
1 -2.5 minutes fail every time.

Almost Margo wrote:
…  I am trying to upload video footage shot in RAW to iMovie. …
'raw' means manufacturer-specific, less processed still-formats.
best to my knowledge, no such thing for video-codecs.
so, what do you mean with 'raw'video?

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