Canon HV30 1080i/30 import to imovie HD6 what do I select for " format"

Hello, i use the canon HV30. I connect to the computer via firewire, open imovie HD 6 and then 1. name new project, 2. save on desktop. 3. format--now in the drop down menu there are several choices. I chose 1080i for the format then I hit " import" when the single miniDV tape finished it took up 60gb of HD space.
One tape should not be 60gb.
what am i doing wrong?
HOw do you import a DVtape that was recorded at 1080i/30p?
please, please advise

I have been learning a bit about Codecs and Apple has published a good explanation of why AIC is so data heavy. It does not temporally compress the video so that each frame is decoded separately and this creates a situation where the data size is 3 to 4 times as large as HDV. For this reason, it would make sense that the video is ~60GB per hour in AIC for high definition video.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2704?viewlocale=en_US

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