Importing MPEG and MPG files

I am trying to import MPG and MPGE files to iMovie but I can't. Any idea?

I am a new apple user. I downloaded streamclip but dont know how to use the software. I dragged the mpg clip but dont know how to convert the file so that it is compatible with iMovie

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