IMovie edit video from digital still cameras...

The information states that you can edit video from you still digital cameras. Access it through the media browser. There is an option for iPhoto videos, but when I try to look there my videos are not there. It appears they did not add any functionality or import feature of previously unsupported videos. Most all SONY digital cameras record video as MPEG1 Muxed, 640 x 480 pixels. I can play them in QT but still can not edit them in iMovie.
Am I missing something?

Barry, this is from Apple's page New in iMovie08
*Expanded format support.*
iMovie supports standard and high definition video, as well as the most popular formats, including DV, HDV, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and even AVCHD.
Looks like MPEG-1 is not supported
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