Handling my old video files

A few years ago I converted my old analog video tapes to digital. Each file are approximatly 90 minutes and in mpg format.
I have two challenges I hope you can give me some advices:
Lightroom will not read this files but I can play them with Windows media player. Do I have to convert to another format?
Which tool should I use to get divided the large file to smaller film clip so they are editable in LR. Should I physical make many small files or viritual copies?
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I'm considering upgrading to Mac OS X Yosemite from OS X 10.7.5. However, I have read online that Yosemite only supports 64 bit mode applications.
I have a large video library of iTunes content, which I began purchasing about 10 years ago. When I upgraded another Mac I own to 10.8 (from 10.6), I found that I could no longer play some of my iTunes video files. On example is Stargate SG:1. Upon attempting to play this video and others, an error message would appear reporting that "This movie requires QuickTime, which is not supported by this version of iTunes."
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I definitely commend you for looking into the compatibility of Yosemite with the needs of your content before upgrading. It seem you are already familiar with the article that references the way to address playing content that requires 32-bit mode in iTunes 12 and OS X 10.10. These steps are still relevant in all current versions:
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