MOD file conversion into imovie

Dear all;
I bought an GZ-MG20 JVC Harddisk Camcorder and am now struggeling to import those .mod files into imovie to create a new projec/movie.
screening the discussions i have found some suggestions on freeware to download which would enable the conversion. however, those suggestions date back to October 2006. Is there in the meantime a more userfriendly solution to my problem?
Thanks for your help

ffmpegX or Mpeg Streamclip should be able to transcode from mpeg2 MOD files to DV streams that iMovie uses.
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
http://ffmpegx.com/
MPEG Streamclip may require you to have the proprietary mpeg2 package installed. However, ffmpegX uses open source codecs (may have to download manually, but instructions are included).

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