Export AVI files to iMovie

Hello, sorry for my english,
I'm getting mad...
I have an avi file with following parameter:
DivX 4 (Perian), 720 x 480, Milioni
MPEG Layer 3, Stereo, 48,000 kHz
29,97 FPS
it's about 600 MB
I would like to import it in iMovie, so I try to export it as iMovie doesn't like this format...
I really don't know what export format should I choose in order to:
- Keep same quality
- Keep quite same dimension
I tried so many ways but I get either urgly video quality or dimension like 60GB !!!
What am I missing ?

iMovie is meant for camcorder imports = very few 'formats' supported, divx is not.
use Mpeg Streamclip (hey, Italian invention!! ) to convert into dv-stream, NTSC, 48kHz audio, 29.97 framerate.
1h of such an encoded file is about 13GBs..
don't forget to set iMovie to NTSC/29.97 fps either!
(changes take effect after relaunch of iMovie!)
otherwise, iM will convert it again.. to PAL ..
dv-stream is iM≤6 native format - as from miniDV camcorders..

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