Mpg videos from pc to iMovie 11

Help! I am a new apple user and am trying to import my mpg videos from my pc to my imac with imovie 11. I have tried several processes. What is the best way to import them to imovie so I can edit and burn DVDs. These are all home videos that I want to create DVDs for.
The best result I have had so far is to convert them to mpeg4 in the pc using arcsoft converter. Then use external hard drive to import them to imac. They show in iphoto and play fine. However they are all dated with the date of import instead of the date taken, which will cause a nightmare. I also can not get them loaded into imovie.
I have also tried to import them into the mac as mpg format and use mpeg streamclip to convert them, but when I try to export as DV it give me any error that I need a $20 program. I have read this program should be in os x 10.8.5 but is it? I don't have a problem with purchasing the player if I know it is the solution I need.
Please help as I am ready to go back to pc... The photo and movie editing is the reason I am trying to become a Mac user. Thank you for any help you can give.

In order to use MPEG Streamclip, you do need to install the MPEG2 Playback Component - see these instructions from their website:
I had to follow those instructions as well; I had already purchased the Playback Component several years ago so I was able to use that. You can purchase it here:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D2187Z/A/quicktime-mpeg-2-playback-component-f or-mac-os-x
As for using iMovie and burning DVDs, you might want to consider using the older version of iMovie (if you still have it as the new version install leaves the older one in place) as the new version is very cloud-centric and meant to be "shared" via Twitter, Facebook, etc, etc. and only has one option to save to file with very few options to control the quality.

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