MPG in iMovie

I have just moved over to mac's so please excuse what may seem to many as idiot questions.
I am transfering my pics and MPG movie clips to my Mac via image capture. I am able to import AVI clips from my old camera into imovie, but the mpeg clips from the new one wont import.

Michael
an update as to my progress:
Even though i love a lot that the mac has to offer it is still very frustrating. A few of the issues I have are as follows:
Still have an issue with mpeg in imovie:
I have got my clips from my Sony 73 camera now converted from mpeg1 to DV but what a waste of time. With my old fuji camera the files were .avi and imported fine, copied accross an straight into imovie. With the Sony I copy THEN convert Then delete the old file and THEN import. Why imovie just doesnt support these standard clips is beyond me.
Iphoto is another.
I just want to be able to view the photos on the camera and import the ones I want. iphoto makes me import the lot then delete the ones I dont want. The other solution is to use image capture THEN import. Again more time wasted.
On my PC I had DVDshrink. A great freeware program that ripps and burns in one go. Now I have to import the DVD then pay for another program to shrink it. More steps more money and more time. (I've only done the first part of this as I am still trying to find a freeware shrink program)
I havent started on a backup program yet but am begining to expect the worst.
I was thinking of upgrading to a ImacG5 but am having 2nd thoughts now until I can get these bits smoothed out.
How are you getting along?

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MPEG Streamline has a mass of options to choose from when converting video formats - which unless you have some pointers, can produce some very ******* language.
So here are a few snippets of information I've learned from a few other users and claim no credit for the advice, well except to say thank you to the original posters for their help and assistance.
So here goes...
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http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
which is free, but you must also have the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
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I'm using ezcap.tv 116 ezgamer capture card to record my PS3, this is on a windows laptop, Im then moving the recorded videos in mpg format over to my MacBook Pro to use IMovie to edit them to upload to youtube but it won't let me import them.

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Ive even tried opening in itunes and copying from thier but they wont open in Itunes, no message or anything they simple just dont open. its strange because it does open in quicktime player.
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