Sony Cybershot M1 / M2 videos don't import into iPhoto6

Hello, I've been using the Sony M1 and now the M2 as my videoblogging camera. I love it because it does both stills and videos well. Since I use iPhoto a fair bit also, I was wondering why the Sony's MPEG4 video doesn't get imported into iPhoto as part of the film roll. I end up having to dig into the memory stick and drag out the videos onto my Mac's desktop.
Is there anyway to get these videos to import into iPhoto 6? Quicktime does play these videos fine.

iPhoto does not support all movie formats nor all codecs. But it's hard to know what the problem is until we know more about the files. Can you move them to the desktop with Image Capture (in your Applications Folder)?
Regards
TD

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