Trouble converting movie for iMovie

I have an .avi movie that I exported using handbrake. Im now having trouble getting it to .DV. ffmpegx doesent seem to work. Are there any other good converters out there???

How to import a DVD:
http://danslagle.dvmix.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
Working with AVI and Divx:
http://danslagle.dvmix.com/mac/iMovie/qt_plugins/3000.shtml

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Edulinka wrote:
Cant figure it out how it is working.
How do you mean? I wonder if the XP version is the same as the Mac version. I think as a default Handbrake will respect the aspect ratio. It's only the quality you need to decide on.

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