Importing a movie file--not from a camera

I have an MPEG movie file with an mpg extension that I need to import into iMovie 09. When I browse to the folder where this movie is located, it is grayed out and can't be imported. It is standard mpeg 2 file for DVD.
Is this file format no supported in iMovie for importing?

iMovie does not support MPEG2 format. You will first have to convert the video to another format supported (MPEG4 or DV for example) to be able to import it. You might try MPEG Streamclip.
Patrick

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