HT204382 Can i add an AVI format video into iMovie?

I am trying to sort my video footage into Imovie but i have some footage taken on my video camera which is in an AVI format whick i cant upload into Imovie?
Degs

MPEG Streamclip (free) can convert your AVI's to QuickTime formats for use with iMovie.

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