Apple's Compressor is both conversion and compression software that comes bundled with FCP and is available on all of the Mac towers at the New School.
1. Open Compressor. You'll get a dialogue box that asks about templates. Hit cancel.
2. Drag the first file you want to convert into the box with the arrow. A thumbnail of your video will appear.
3. Down below, click on the Settings tab. Choose Apple>Formats>QuickTime>Apple ProRes 422. Click and drag Apple ProRes 422 up to where it says "drag settings and destinations here." A QuickTime icon and Apple ProRes 422 will appear on the left, next to your video thumbnail.
4. Go back down and click on the Destinations tab. Choose Custom>Work In Progress. Click and drag Work In Progress up to where it says Source. Work in Progress should then appear next to Apple ProRes. To the right of Work In Progress, choose a new file name, be sure to keep the .mov file extension. Then click Submit on the lower right. Your file will begin compressing -- do not attempt to open it, even though it will appear in the Finder! Once it's done, save it to your hard drive. You can now safely import it into FCP.
->If your files can't be converted with Compressor and you can't download free conversion software:
Try Zamzar http://www.zamzar.com/, a free online converter. Free, but limit of 5 conversions per day and 100mb file size, for unlimited upgrade to paid plan.
->If you are on your own computer:
You can use free software called MPEG StreamClip http://www.squared5.com/. There's a tutorial here: http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DXbqysbip7T4.
You can also try HandBrake http://handbrake.fr/.
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