Still Can't get new iMac iMovie to open

after rebuilding iPhoto library and removing all
video clips (avi and .mov) to a folder on the desktop I can get iMovie to open.
Is this normal?
I am so dissapointed.
I guess I am going to have to use iMovie HD

I guess this is still the same issue you had in your original thread here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9425834#9425834
I'm not sure, but the problem is likely with the .avi files. .avi files come in a variety of different formats, and iMovie, bless its little cotton socks, doesn't understand some of them.
If that's the problem, then the solution is to convert them to a format iMovie can understand, which probably means you need a bit of software.
Mpeg Streamclip is free (http://www.squared5.com/). Download and install, then open one of the .avi files and Export it to Quicktime. Then (we hope) iMovie will be able to deal with it.
This also does look like some bugginess in iMovie - if it can't handle .avi, it should be able to ignore the files, instead of hanging.
Let me know how you get on

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