What file type do I need for imovie?

I know the answer may seem obvious, but I'm getting a bit confused! I thought I needed something like .DV for imovie and the short clips I uploaded from my camera which are saved as .MOV wouldn't work. However some do and some don't? What may be the reason for this?
Is Quicktime Pro a more or less essential buy for converting files like these?
Edited to add: I just saw there are quite a few questions like mine, however reading the answers I'm still not sure what I need to do. I'm not so intuned with all the jargon!
Message was edited by: emixconnor

I thought I needed something like .DV for imovie and the short clips I uploaded from my camera which are saved as .MOV wouldn't work.
DV is a compression format specifically designed for editing and will work in any version of iMovie or any other Apple editor for that matter. MOV is just a file container. Whether or not an MOV file will import to iMovie '08 depends on what audio and video compression formats the file contains. IMovie looks for DV, AIC, M-JPEG, Photo-JPEG, MPEG-4, and H.264 files for file import or DV, HDV, AVCHD, or MPEG2/AC3 for camcorder import.
However some do and some don't? What may be the reason for this?
As explained above, if you check the audio and video compression formats, you will note that the same formats keep falling into the "will" and "won't" import groups.
Is Quicktime Pro a more or less essential buy for converting files like these?
Not essential, but I would always recommend it -- especially if you plan to layer, mask, and/or scale video tracks. MPEG Streamclip essentially accesses the same QT components for conversions and is free. In addition, it can handle multiplexed compression formats and retain the audio. It just can't handle those areas mentioned above. As far as I am concerned, both are indispensable as I use then on almost a daily basis quick, little edits.

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