Trouble importing files

I have been given an external hard drive that contains a bunch of old home movies. They are stored as MPEG-2 Videos (the extension says m2v). I can't import the files into iMovie 09 (they are grayed out) and from what little I've read it sounds like maybe that format isn't supported. I can import the files into an older version (iMovie HD), but then it won't let me import those files into iMovie 09 (I also have a completed iMovie HD project that it won't let me import -- it seems to work, but when I click on the event all is says is "no matching video"). What file format do the files need to be in and what can I use to convert them? I'm not much of a techie so any help (explained in laymen's terms) would be appreciated.

I have the same problem, too.
It's quite annoying that I can't import some folders.
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