Flip videos not importing in iPhoto in Lion

Ok. Just for first time tried uploading from my Flip recorder videos and it sits there (in iPhoto) forever saying "Preparing to import Videos" --there were only 2 very short, 30-sec videos to upload. Have never had a problem pre-Lion. I force quit and ejected both. I'm on MacBook 10.7.4 and my iPhoto library is stored on my always-plugged-in Ext. hard drive. Never had a problem on Snow Leopard with this setup.
Has anyone else had this problem and do they have a fix?
Thanks.
Julie

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