Video Converters to get Sony Video into iMovie

I am new to the video side of the world and need some advice. I am trying to import videos into iMovie. I am trying to import video from a Sony Cam, a DVD tht I made myself but mow would like to edit and my Flip Video. Additionally I will import video from a friends Nikon. Apple "suggested" handbrake, streamclip and toast. I see there a number of them on the app store. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
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Handbrake will be useful for converting the DVD back to a format that iMovie can edit. MPEG Streamclip requires some extra software still sold by Apple caleld the MPEG-2 QuickTime Playback component, download the beta of Streamclip and follow their directions for installing it will get the MPEG-2 component installed correctly. This will then let you open the DVD directly in Streamclip and get pieces out of it or just convert the whole disk to Apple Intermediate Codec. As for Sony and Flip video, don't know specifically which camera you have and what formats they record in, but there's likely a way to convert most of them into Apple Intermediate Codec which is the native editing/playback format that iMovie uses.

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I am not sure your method is the right one when using Streamclip.
You are not supposed to open the .avi clip, just drag it onto Streamclip and drop it on the dotted square. Now you should see a view of the beginning of the clip within Streamclip. You don't need to play the clip there.
Now you select from the top menubar to 'Export to DV.'
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The Streamclip screen should show the beginning of your clip. It does not move and remains the same when the conversion is done. You should not be seeing a black screen there. In fact, I tried to make Streamclip give me a black screen and it would not do that at all.
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Now, I should say that I have installed Apple's QuickTime MPEG component ($20): http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
Once installed, it works in the background and you don't have to do anything at all.
Maybe having it is what makes Streamclip work for me. If you are doing what I listed above and still not getting Streamclip to give you a converted clip, try getting the QT component and seeing if that helps. (Sorry I can't do anything about the $, but well-worth it if it solves the problem).
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