Opening mpeg2 in imovie

Hi!
I have many mpeg-2 on a harddisk and I want to treat them with imovie. How can I do?
Thank you
P.S. I am frenchspeaking, so excuse my english.

iMovie does not edit MPEG2, so you will need to convert it to something that iMOvie can edit.
You will need a free app called MPEG Streamclip from Squared 5 (which is free) and you will need the Apple QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component (which is about $20).
You can try doing the conversion in MPEG Streamclip without the Apple component. MPEG Streamclip will tell you if you need it.
Basically, you drag the MPEG2 file into MPEG Streamclip. Then use FILE/EXPORT USING QUICKTIME and choose Apple Intermediate Codec as your codec. iMovie will edit this.

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