My iMovie is taking Ridiculously Long to Import Videos

I am going to start from the beginning here.
My iMovie has been taking unbelievably long to import movies, and I do not know why. My movie is recorded from my Hauppauge HD PVR, a recording device used to record the screen of my Xbox360. When the movie is done recording, it is saved in whats called a .m2ts, an unreadable file by iMovie and QuickTime. I have a converter that allows me to put that into a .mp4, which allows me to view them through QuickTime. When I tried to import the movie into iMovie, it shows a time estimation of 2-3 hours completion, and the file is only 6 minutes long. I find this very odd, because when I have used iMovie before, I was able to upload these videos, sometimes even longer ones. I dont know why this is taking so long. I am using a previous project that I quit, would I have to start a new project and select a different frame rate or something? The movie is in 720p, recording at a variable average of 9 thousand kbps, and with a connection of 1280x720x60 fps. I am not sure why its suddenly taking very long to import, but once it starts I can't even close imovie, and I have to force shut down my computer holding the power button.
My Macbook has the following specs:
Version: 10.6.8
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Due
Memory: 2GB 1067 MHz DDR3
iMovie 11 Specs:
Version: 9.0.2
Hopefully this is all everyone needs to know. If you guys need any more answers I will be replying to comments. Thank you,
- Matt

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