Automatic Import and "Generating Thumbnails"

I just installed imovie 08, and I have a couple of problems/questions.
1) When I start the Import Process, the Toggle that selects for Automatic or Manual import, goes to Manual and I can't change it..???
2) After some video is imported the computer takes a long time "generating Thumbnails". This never happened with iMovie HD.
Any comments, advice?
Thanks.. Gil

2) After some video is imported the computer takes a long time "generating Thumbnails". This never happened with iMovie HD.
After importing the video, iMovie '08 creates a tiny movie showing the same frames as the imported video, but in a much smaller frame. Those are the "thumbnails". This movie is used for skimming.
iMovie HD didn't offer the skimming feature so it didn't need to build these thumbnails.
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