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OK... so I have imported videos into iMovie that were originally in .avi format, and were not in my iPhoto library, and they've worked just fine. But when I try to upload files that are already recognized by iPhoto and have thumbnails attached, I can't seem to select them for import.
Unlike files imported into previous versions of iMovie, files transferred at the "Finder" level into iMovie '08 are not automatically converted to DV for editing. Instead, iMovie '08 checks to see if the files contain audio and video content which is editable in its "native" compression format. If the audio and video content is editable, then the files are normally imported. If not, the iMovie '08 will not import them.
The files are orignially in .mpg format, but I have also tried converting them to .avi and iMovie still won't allow them to be selectable when trying to import.
Muxed compression formats like MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VOB, MOD. TOD, Flash, etc., do not contain audio and video synchronized instances (i.e., frames) of data and therefore cannot be edited in "frame level" editors like iMovie, FCE, FCP, QT Pro, etc. Nor, can they normally be properly converted to editable QT compatible formats using QT applications like GarageBand, iTunes, QT Pro, etc. without losing the audio content.
Files like AVI or MOV are actually just containers -- not an audio/video compression format. They can contain hundreds of combinations of audio and video compression formats which may or may not be "Edit" compatible with iMovie '08. Therefore, whether or not a particular file can be imported directly to iMovie '08 usually depends on what audio and video codecs where used to create each particular file. Casio digital cameras, for instance, often use an AVI file containing MJPEG video (which is compatible) and DVI ADPCM audio (which is not). The same holds true foe Kodak's MOV files which contain MJPEG video (still edit compatible) with µ-Law audio (another incompatible audio format).
The basic strategy here is to actually open the file, check the codecs used, and convert any "offending" data to an acceptable compression format for import/editing. Conversion compatible formats like MJPEG/µ-Law or MJPEG/DVI ADPCM can be converted to iMovie '08 editable files by QT applications like iMovie '06, GarageBand '08, iTunes, QT Pro, as well as, any number of third-party file conversion applications. Also be advised also that there appears to be a bug in the import of some supposedly compatible files (like MPEG4/AAC slideshows created by iPhoto) which seem to import on some platforms but not on others. Strangely enough, if your platform will not import such files directly, simply placing the data in an MP4 file container without performing any re-compression makes the file data iMovie '08 compatible.

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