HELP: AVCHD Log & Transfer idle problem for iMac 27"

I just bought an Apple iMac 27" but I cannot do a Log & Transfer.
I used the same SDHC card that I log & transfer succesfully in the old 24" iMac.
But when I did a Log & Transfer in the new 27" iMac, I got into this:
1) FCE4 can detect the card & show all the thumbnails without problem.
2) When I drag a clip into the bottom or click add to queue, it says transferring clip#6 .... but the progress bar didn't move ...
3) after a while, it says 1 clip idle ....
what happen ? how come the clip#6 cannot be imported ? I tried all the clips, but faced with the same problem, it ended up says idle but nothing was transferred to the browser !!
Any ideas ?
Thanks

ok guys,
problem resolved by doing this:
1) right click on the clip
2) goto preference after right clicking on the clip
3) Under AVCHD plugin > AC-3 > Plain Sound
I dunno why it works but after changing from the default Matrix Sound to Plain Sound, it can import so fast ! This new iMac 27" is so much faster than my old 24" iMac ...
If Matrix sound doesn't work why is it there in the first place ?
Cheers

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This is the 1st version of this tip. It was submitted on December 03, 2010 by skalicki`.
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I am experiencing a problem that is not covered in this tip or the solutions here do not work.
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Absolutely any assistance would be gratefully appreciated thank you. I am computer illiterate and I need assistance retrieving data from a imac hard drive (rest of computer isn't working) to a newer imac. Previously had received help from the forum and found out I needed an external casing (thank you again to all those that helped), but no shops near me sell them, sales person told me Sata HDD Docking (OTB) would be able to do a similar thing. I really suck with technology, so I humbly ask if any patient persons more intelligent than me could help me with some basic questions to help me retrieve/transfer data. Let me know if I need to give details. Any links to guides or tutorials welcome as well, but I tend to second guess myself and fail at basic terms often, there are probably 6 year olds with better computer skills and knowledge than me, so yeah, pity welcome, help even more so. Oh first question am I still suppose to use Migration Assistent or do I just turn on computer with old HD in dock connected?

Okay, I apologize for throwing you the following curveball - it appears the shop assistent I was talking to may not have been as knowledgeable as I had hoped, because I don't think my imac is compatible with USB 3.0? I tried putting it into the dock but nothing happened - it gave me four options, transfer from another Mac, transfer from a PC, transfer from a Time Machine (and something else) and forth option was not to transfer now.
I attempted to transfer from Mac and Time Machine options, but with both the loading dial spun for 10 mins with each with no change. So I decided to try and set up the computer anyway. The internet set up part came up but at the time I didn't know how to set it up, and now with retrospect I assume I have to set that up before I "register this computer" as no hard drive is showing onmy computer at the moment? Sorry for the sudden and strange switch in problems but now that I have set up the internet - could you or anyone else please tell me how I can register the computer details (or why the hard drive icon is not appearing assuming those things are connected - when I did fill those details out before it told me it couldn't send them now and would have to be done later?)
Sorry for being so clueless - any help appreciated.
I am looking up my imacs specs now to see if it actually can access this dock. (thank you once again)

Question about AVCHD & Log and Transfer

I will be recording videos in a remote location for five days next month. The recordings will be about 1.5 hr each, for a total of twenty two separate presentations. If I purchase a hard drive camcorder (Sony HDR-XR550V) for this event, will log & transfer dump the whole lot into FCE or will they be split up so I can select them in proper order.
I would rather use a camcorder that recorded to an external memory card, but twenty two gets very expensive.
David

Yes, to use AVCHD material you should upgrade your FCE to version 4.0.1. This is a free upgrade.
To do this:
The first thing you should do is buy or obtain an external hard disk of equal or greater size to the system disk you have now inside your computer and make a +clone copy+ of your system disk. This is to protect you if something should go wrong during the upgrade, or if your internal hard disk should ever fail, you will have a fully functioning copy of your hard disk to use to restore your work.
You can get Carbon Copy Cloner, a shareware software that is almost an industry standard, here:
http://www.bombich.com/
After you have made a clone of your system hard drive, (which may take several hours the first time you do it), then go to the Apple menu in the upper left corner of your screen and select Software Update.
This will look at all the Apple software that is on your computer and find any software that needs updating.
You will be presented by a list of all the software on your computer that can be updated, you should see Final Cut Express somewhere in that list.
If you do not see it, have you moved the application from where it was originally installed, or renamed it? It needs to be in it's original location in the application folder, with it's original name for Software Update to work.
You can deselect any software you don't want updated from the list, then start the software updater.
You may need to restart your machine to complete the installation.
I would expect no difficulties from upgrading your software, but you have your cloned backup just in case. Once you have made a clone back up, get in the habit of re-cloning your drive every other day or so to protect your work. After the initial cloning, the cloning will take much less time as it will only make the changes you have made to your system disk on your clone - not recopy the whole thing as it did the first time.
Hope this helps.
MtD

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