Imovie 08 can't import divx, avi, mpeg4, affi ect

I have been working on this problem for 1 week now in correspondence with this forum and calling apple representatives. I have a Samsung camcorder with SD card that I uploaded my video's onto my hard drive. My imovie 7.1.2 won't let me transfer in any media "even after purchasing QT pro and converting the files into divx, avi, mpeg4, affi, ect... What do I do to import media into imovie 08 " which I am quickly finding out is much inefficient than the previous versions"

What do I do to import media into imovie 08
If the card isn't being recognized as a camcorder and you want to go the manual conversion route, convert to DV, AIC, M-JPEG, Photo-JPEG, MPEG-4, or H.264 video with compatible Uncompressed, AIFF/Linear PCM, DV, AAC, or similar audio. Note that there are many forms of MPEG-4 so don't use a proprietary (DivX, 3ivX, etc.) or exotic ones with unusual settings.

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