FCP and iMovie HD not seeing HDV video

On my work dual G5 I can control my Sony HDV camera with either iMovie HD 6.03 or FCP 5.04, but neither see the video. The fact that the machine control works proves that the Firewire cabling is ok, and the fact that the video shows up in iMovie on my iMac proves that the camera settings are ok.
My iMac and work machine are both using 10.4.9 and the latest QuickTime. Have any of you seen an issue where HDV camera video shows up on one machine and not on another?

Reporting back to say what fixed things in the end. I had tried two cameras and two Firewire leads without it working. I had tried every kind of reset I could think of, and done QuickTime reinstalls. Still no go. I finally tried a Combo 10.4.9 install and another QuickTime install. Still not fixed.
But then I tried a combination that involved unplugging the Firewire lead again, and after that every worked fine. The best I can guess it seems like either the Combo install or the third QuickTime install fixed something, but the results of the fix didn't show up until the next time I unplugged the Firewire lead and plugged it back in again. I had done that so many times already that it was a pleasant surprise to see it make a difference after the latest reinstalls.

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