Unable to add movies from iPhoto library

Hi,
I bought a MacBook in last week. iMovie seems to be a very useful application. But I cant seem to add the videos from my iPhoto library to the projects. I use the Media button on the right hand side but it only shows photos. The videos are in .MPG format. I searched the forums but didn't get any conclusive answers.
Also in Movie Trailers, I cant seem to add photos also from the iPhoto library. I believe the trailers does support photos. In that case whats the workaround?
Thanks for the help.

I'm not sure of all the video formats supported by iMovie '11, but the best format to convert to is Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC). This is iMovie's preferred editing format. When AVCHD clips (and perhaps others) are imported from a camera, iMovie automatically converts them to AIC. This allows iMovie to seamlessly edit to the individual frame level. Compressed formats, like AVCHD and MPEG, don't store the full frames, but use a reference frame (key frame) at specified intervals. The data recorded between each key frame is simply a record of the change in information between those key frames. The conversion to AIC recreates all the compressed data to full frames, but results in a much larger file size (about 40 GB per hour).
To convert your .mpg files to Apple Intermediate Codec, download the free application MPEG Streamclip. Drag the .mpg files into MPEG Streamclip's work space. Go to File>Export to QuickTime and choose Apple Intermediate Codec. To do a batch conversion (multiple files/clips), go to List>Batch List and add your files to the window that appears. I haven't done this for a while, but I believe those instructions are correct.
Download MPEG Streamclip from Squared 5 here:
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
To import the converted files into iMovie, in iMovie's menu select File>Import>Movies.
Obviously, you were not able to see the videos in iPhoto Videos in the Event Library, hence your further question.
John

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