Using MPEG Streamclip to Import Video to iMovie

Help! I can't seem to import video from MPEG Streamclip to iMovie without losing quality. What is the best format (Quicktime, MPEG4, or other) and compression (Apple Video, other) to use? Any other parameters I need to know about within MPEG Streamclip?
Thank you!

Thank you, Tom. I've ripped a DVD (legally) and have a short clip (5 minutes) that I want to export to iMovie to edit (titles at the begnning and end). I do a lot of editing in iMovie and just want the best quality video I can get from MPEG Streamclip.

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