What types of files are compatible with iMovie?

I'm doing a project and it says that it doesn't support .mov files.
Please help!

First, will your MOV file open in QuickTime Player? If so, press Command-I to open the Inspector and tell us everything you see there next to the word "Format".
An MOV file is a container, not a codec. If it contains a codec that iMovie can handle then it will work. iMovie can handle Apple Intermediate Codec, AVCHD, h.264, MP4 (most flavors), Apple Animation, Motion JPEG/A, DV, iFrame, and I am probably leaving out a few.
In addition, iMovie does not work well with MOV files that contain extra tracks such as closed captioning tracks or chapter markers. This was true in iMovie 09, but I have not tried it in iMovie 11 so this may have changed.

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