How download from camera to iMovie

On my Sony camera, we made some movies and when downloaded, these movies went to iPhoto as MOV01011.MPG. When I click on this movie, it plays on QuickTime Player. But, I cannot transfer this file to iMovie.
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But, I cannot transfer this file to iMovie.
IMovie '08 can't edit "muxed" video formats natively, therefor it will not import them at the file level. Convert the MPEG VX (MPEG-1) files to DV, AIC, M-JPEJ, Photo-JPEG, MPEG-4, H.264, or other compatible video format with a compatible audio compression format. MOEG-based, third-party applications like iSquint (free) or MPEG Streamclip (free) will do this.

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