FCE: Importing footage?

Okay, I know this has probably been answered plenty of times, and I've read all through the forums that people are having kind of the same problem and still no luck. Hopefully someone can give me some answers. I just but Final Cut Express 4 and I can't import the video from my camera. I have a sony dcr-dvd 308 with a firewire cable. I have tried all of the setups under "Easy Setup", I've tried importing it to imovie 08 and transferring it to FCE, etc. Seems like nothing works and I'm getting really fed up. Is there something I'm not seeing or just not doing right?
Anything will help, thanks.

Drag the original files from your camera and drop them on the Streamclip window.
To work in FCE the files need to be converted to DV - but not just any old DV.
When using Streamclip these are the settings to use :-
File>Export to QuickTime.
In the window that opens change the Compression (using the drop-down menu) to "AppleDV-PAL" or "Apple DV/DVCPRO-NTSC".
Move the Quality slider to 100% and click "Make Movie".
When it has finished the conversion import it into FCE. (File>Import>Files etc).
Or you can just drag the converted file into the Browser.
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