FCX Wont recognize plugged in external Hard Drives! what tha?

So after watching all of the tutorials about importing and managing media I am still having issues with FinalCutX recognizing mounted hard drives. When plugged in they clearly show up on my desktop and all of my files are accessable, how ever when trying to import new clips into events it will not give me the option to select other plugged in hard drives. (like they don't even show up) The worst part is that its inconsistant. Sometimes one of the hard drives might show up but the other wont. or none but my cpu's hard drive will show up. Please help thank you.

Google Translate delivers the following result:
if your hard disk contains mp4 files (imported from a mobile phone for example), this discis interpreted as a camera or camera (you'll find it available when you click "importvideo". to be able to properly read the HD, delete or move elsewhere for your mp4 filesand the disc will return to be read normally FCPX. i think it's a bug in the software and i hope the next release will solve it. so let me know if you solve your problem.

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