Best way to use .mpg in imovie

[nick1516]

I have several files that are in .mpg format that won't open in quicktime or imovie(but work fine in vlc) that I need to edit for a project. Because of this I'm assuming they're mpeg-2? What's the best way to get them to work in imovie, would it be buying quicktime pro and the mpeg-2 codec?

 

[spinnerlys]

You can first try MPEG Streamclip and see if they open there.
If that still does not work, you can install Perian and see, if QT or MPEG Streamclip will work now.
If that still does not work, get the QT MPEG-2 Playback Component and use either MPEG Streamclip or QT to export to .mov using the Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) for video and Uncompressed (AIFF, PCM) for audio.

 

[Nwanda]

Thanks a Ton

Thanks a lot for the question spinnerlys! I have been having more or less the same problem, and nick1516's fix worked perfectly. Thanks a lot to both of you.