Transcoding older 30 fps videos in iMovie?

I have some videos shot with EOS 5D Mark II before CANON updated firmware to enable shooting with 25fps. Those videos show "jitter" in pans & object movements.
Is there any way to transcode these 30fps clips into 25fps in iMovie?

My wife shoots video clips with her Canon IXUS 80 IS digital stills camera. This records at 30 fps 640x480 in AVI format, which QuickTime shows as Apple OpenDML JPEG (or Motion JPEG OpenDML).
As I'm in PAL country I normally select 25 fps (PAL) when starting a new project. But like you, I see stuttering on pans and fast motion when I import to a 25 fps project. In other words, the movement is not smooth. This is undoubtedly due to the differing frame rates.
What I now do is to import to a new project using 30 fps (NTSC). Motion is now smooth, with no stuttering, and the video is of good quality considering the resolution. I was initially concerned that playback may be compromised, given that I'm importing as NTSC and not PAL. However, all looks good in both iMovie '11 and QuickTime. Also, sharing to my Gallery and Facebook produced good results.
Of course, things may look different if I burn a DVD through iDVD. Here I would probably choose to burn a PAL version, but I'm not sure how the motion would appear - probably stuttery again! As my wife's clips are relatively short, I probably won't bother with DVDs but just confine viewing to the computer and the web where it all looks pretty smooth.
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