Importing mpeg-2 videos

I recently bought a macbook pro, and had a question about mpeg-2 files. I just finished shooting a movie, and have been capturing it onto my PC to store all of the files. Now I want to bring only the good takes over to my mac to edit the movie on Final Cut Express. When I try to import them though, I get an error saying basically that I can't use that format. Is there a way to allow the files to be imported and used? I found an mpeg-2 codec for quicktime for $20, but will that also work in final cut? It seems that if i can't get the files to work, my only other option will be to recapture each clip individually. Does anyone have any suggestions?

i transcoded it into avi format from the mpeg-2. i'm starting to think that it might be something from the PC not letting it work correctly. originally i captured it into premier pro, so that might have something different in the codecs. i think it will be best for me to just recapture the videos into final cut and go from there. so unless anyone else has any more suggestions, that's what i will go do. thank you for all of your help though, i am beginning to understand more about this now.

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