.mov file grayed out

I am a real beginner with iMovie. I recorded a SmartBoard session on my laptop. The session is in the iMovie file, but is grayed out. What am I missing that won't allow me to open the file?
Thanks for any help

Hi sassy,
welcome to this board
a .mov, or "Quicktime movie" is like a box of chocolate - you never know what's inside.... .mov doesn't mean movie (blame on Apple ), but can contain many, many other kinds of files, iMovie doesn't understand....
I'm not used to "SmartBoard sessions"... so, I can not remotely look inside your .mov, what's inside...
iMovie is a video edit app meant to work with firewire connected miniDV camcorders
.. other material needs conversion...
have you tried to "double click" on that specific file? does QTplayer play that files correctly? if so, there's hope, please post again...... there are some options...
you have tried to simply "drag and drop" that .mov into an open iM project?

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