Imovie wouldn't recognise my .mpg files so can't import them!

I know I have don't this before some months ago and can't remember how I did it. When I do Import movies and go to the file where I downloaded the movies from my Sony camera, they are greyed so that can't be chosen for import. Help...

I believe you will find answer(s) here
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11200576&#11200576
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