Getting video from itunes into imovie

I have converted my home dvd using Handbrake into iTunes. Now I don't know how to edit it. I try to drag it into imovie but it won't let me. It seems it is saved now as a mpeg4. Can anyone please help me?

Hi
There's most certainly an elegant ways to do this.
There is also a raw one.
You need QuickTime Pro (may be MPEG Streamclip can do it)
Find Your movie in iTunes library on Your hard disk
Open it in QuickTime
Export it out as StreamingDV .mov file
Yours Bengt W

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