Canon HV10 and iMove

I just purchase a Canon HV10, Im running iMovie 6.03 and it "sees" the camera and will stop and start the camera, but does not show the taped video nor will it import. Anyone have any suggestions?

Hi Summitwynds:
Welcome to discussions!
What you need to do is to reset the Audio MIDI on the Mac. The easiest way is to:
*Open Garageband
*Play a note or two
*Close Garageband
*Open iMovie
The camera should be recognized now.
If you do not have GarageBand installed:
Open the Audio MIDI Setup application (Utilities folder).
Set the audio output format to 44100Hz and try the file again.
If not, look here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43000
:)Sue

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1.) Set AV> DV set to off?
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Message was edited by: Karl Edgren

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AVCHD is a relatively new type of compression, based on MPEG 4 H.264 codec. It is probably the most efficient compression to date. It allows you to have GINORMOUS amounts of HD video in a little minuscule handheld device. That is what it was created for.
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