Noob question on windows media files not importing

I gather I can't get these files into iMovie without converting them? Is there any freeware app to do this? I tried opening them with QT and got the message "The movie could not be opened. It is not a movie file."
They have the extension .ASF; "get info" tells me they are windows media files; they came from a POS Aiptek DV4500 (no, I don't do video much; this is a kid event at school that I'd like to see)
Sorry; I'm sure the answer is in the forum somewhere but I couldn't find it several pages into my search.

thanks -- flip4mac isn't free, though, at least for converting windows files, from what I can tell from the site. and the VLC software appears to just be a viewer; no importing.
so again, is there any freeware? or am i forced to pay $$ to see these files?
if that's the case, i'll just go back to my cruddy ol' XP laptop, because, again, i stress, i'm not gonna be doing this but maybe once a year....

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