Only iMovie project or any Quicktime video file in video track ?

Hi,
it's a question before to buy iLife06 :
GB3 has a video track : is it only for iMovie film ? or can I put any kind of quicktime video file ?
thanks,
Vinc26

Just a couple. I don't even remember what codecs they were. I had some movies I had downloaded off the internet and they worked fine.

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