Unable to import mpeg2 clips

a friend has separate six mpeg2 clips of a family funeral. i told him i'd join them into a single unit for him...
come to find out fcp 4.5 won't import them, neither will imovie, and streamclip says i need a special mpeg2 component available on by mail from apple for 20 bucks...
this sounds way to complicated... my thousand dollar version of fcp ought to perform this function, no? what do i do? something quick, easy, and cheap?
thanks

I have FC Studio 2 but when I try to import mpeg2s there is no sound??
As stated above, MPEG-2 is a delivery format - not intended for editing. Add to that, the audio and video is multiplexed and will need to be demuxed and converted to an editable format PRIOR to importing into FCP. You can use MPEG Streamclip to demux and convert the file into an editable format that matches your FCP Sequence settings.
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