.mov files already on exteral, any ways to avoid copying them again during import?

Hi,
I am editing videos on my desktop and laptop, because I have a small 120gb on my MBA I don't have lots of space to import all the videos in the drive and I use my external to use the data there.
Would there be any way to point iMovie to a folder where it can fetch and use all the files without importing them individually?
Thanks!

iM is no 'all purpose editor' but meant to import from camcorders..
and: .mov is just a container, some say wrapper, no 'format'... QTplayer can playback a lot of formats, but little are supported to work with iM ...
use the free converter tool *Mpeg Streamclip* www.squared5.com to convert your 'videos' into dv-stream ... these file will import into iM...

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