Help! Final Cut Express crashes on Log and Transfer

Hi,
I am using a Canon Vixia HFS20 (AVCHD) and a Mac Book Pro (running snow leopard) , with a 1 tb My Book as scratch disk.
I have upgraded the software.
In Easy Setup, I selected AVCHD 1920x1080i60, after checking the camera and seeing that it is recording with 60i.
Log and Transfer opens, but then final cut express immediately crashes.
Please advise! Thank you so much,
Anne

What happens if you remove the external drive and try a test capture to the MAC directly?
How is the external connected? eg. USB
Is the external formatted to MAC OS Extended?
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Process: Final Cut Pro [391]
Path: /Applications/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Pro
Identifier: com.apple.FinalCutPro
Version: 7.0.3 (7.0.3)
Build Info: FCPApp-1008261348~8
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [189]
Date/Time: 2010-10-07 16:35:12.845 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.4 (10F2521)
Report Version: 6
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Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 44
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* Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSMallocException', reason: '* -[NSConcreteMutableData appendBytes:length:]: unable to allocate memory for length (82341)'
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44 CoreMediaIOServicesPrivate 0x0103389a ZN8MIOGraph15PullOutputUnitsEbRbS0_S0 + 348
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0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x978daa07 __TERMINATING_DUE_TO_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION__ + 7
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x94bca509 objcexceptionthrow + 56
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9788f8e8 +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 136
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9788f85a +[NSException raise:format:] + 58
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x91cb9835 _NSMutableDataGrowBytes + 1154
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x91cb9343 -[NSConcreteMutableData appendBytes:length:] + 75
6 com.apple.AVCHDPlugin 0x49499cd1 0x49489000 + 68817
7 com.apple.AVCHDPlugin 0x49493db3 0x49489000 + 44467
8 com.apple.proapps.MIO 0x00faa2cb TundraPluginCallbackProc + 355
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10 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b2037d 0x47b13000 + 54141
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12 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b8f5e6 TundraUnitVDIGInputEntry + 13711
13 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47ba44ff TundraUnitMPEG2MuxEntry + 11138
14 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b2037d 0x47b13000 + 54141
15 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b546bf TundraUnitMPEG2DemuxEntry + 22037
16 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b8f5e6 TundraUnitVDIGInputEntry + 13711
17 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47ba5f6a TundraUnitMPEG2MuxEntry + 17901
18 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b2037d 0x47b13000 + 54141
19 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b546bf TundraUnitMPEG2DemuxEntry + 22037
20 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b8f5e6 TundraUnitVDIGInputEntry + 13711
21 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47ba5f6a TundraUnitMPEG2MuxEntry + 17901
22 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b2037d 0x47b13000 + 54141
23 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b546bf TundraUnitMPEG2DemuxEntry + 22037
24 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b8f5e6 TundraUnitVDIGInputEntry + 13711
25 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b8ffe1 TundraUnitVDIGInputEntry + 16266
26 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b2037d 0x47b13000 + 54141
27 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b546bf TundraUnitMPEG2DemuxEntry + 22037
28 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b8f5e6 TundraUnitVDIGInputEntry + 13711
29 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47ba44ff TundraUnitMPEG2MuxEntry + 11138
30 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b2037d 0x47b13000 + 54141
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32 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b8f5e6 TundraUnitVDIGInputEntry + 13711
33 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47ba5f6a TundraUnitMPEG2MuxEntry + 17901
34 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b2037d 0x47b13000 + 54141
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48 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95bd281d pthreadstart + 345
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