Import Movie Question

I am importing a number of .avi files into iMovie. All is working fine but have a question. When the Import is selected and the Import dialog appears there is a choice: move or copy the import file. I don't seem to see much difference in the choice as selecting either one seems to leave a copy of the .avi source in the iMovie folder structure. I am wondering if this .avi is any different than the source file? In my case these files are huge (30 GB) and I don't need to keep the source if the the file in the iMovie directory is the same as the original.

When the Import is selected and the Import dialog appears there is a choice: move or copy the import file. I don't seem to see much difference in the choice as selecting either one seems to leave a copy of the .avi source in the iMovie folder structure.
If working properly, the "Move" option should copy the source file to an Event in iMovie and then delete the original file. The "Copy" option, on the other hand, is supposed to copy the source file to the iMovie Event and also leave the original source file undisturbed.
I am wondering if this .avi is any different than the source file?
AVI actually refers to the file container and the manner in which the audio and video tracks are synchronized by the interleaving of data frames -- i.e., like the way cogs of different sized wheels are meshed together so that if one wheel turns faster, the other will also speed up preventing one from overrunning the other. As long as the original data compression formats are compatible with iMovie '08, then files can be imported at the File level. This import does not change or re-compress the data in any way as in the case of "Import from Camera..." operations in which incompatible camcorder compression formats must be re-compressed and modified so as to be "edit" compatible at the frame level in iMovie '08.

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Do you have QuickTime Player installed on the machine ?
if not please install from :
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How much Ram do you have ?
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Are you using security software e.g. Norton, etc
and
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1) Option 1, get the three minutes I need into iMovie right now, and worry about the rest later
2) Option 2, get all the clips into iMovie right now. I'll pick the 3 minutes later
3) Option 3, Split all the clips into shorter clips so I can put them into real logical events. In other words, you have an hour long clip from a VHS tape, but you want to split it into the logical events that are contained in the clip.
Option 1)
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Drag the first long clip into MPEG Streamclip. Move the playhead to the start of the bit that you need from this clip, and press i for in point. Then move the playhead to the end of the bit that you need and press o for out point.
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