FCP7 Log and Transfer, Unsupported Media . . .

Last night I used two different SDHC cards in my Canon Vixia HFS100. FCP7 will import clips via Log and Transfer from one, but not the other. It just ignores everything on it (but I have 1.4 GB of recordings on it).
When I copy the card to a hard drive and point Log and Transfer to that folder, I get the message "CANON contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure"
Before using this card, I did a full initization of the card. I compared the directory structures of the two. They appear identical. I haven't messed with either in the Finder.
How do I tell what is wrong? How do I fix it? Or should I just try converting with something like Voltaic? I'm an FCP beginner. So, I would rather not stray too far from its work flow.
Thanks!

On the card that you are having trouble with:
1) make sure there are no still images
2) make sure there is no non-hd video (log and transfer works with AVCHD HD video clips, not MPEG SD clips)
3) if possible, all the hd video clips should be of one quality/size/format setting
4) in the log and transfer window, click on the gear shaped icon in the top center of the screen to set the Log and Transfer Preferences:
Set the Import Preferences for AVCHD to Plain Stereo:
Click OK, then restart FCP, reconnect the camera and try again.
MtD

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Hang on, are you pointing log and transfer at the ROOT folder and not the folders inside.

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