Help importing SD video to FCE4

I am trying to download SD video from a new Sony HDR-SR10 for editing in FCE. I have two main problems:
1. It seems like the only way to get the SD video off the camera and into FCE is to go through iMovie. FCE won't let me capture it, and the Log/Transfer function only pulls off the HD video off the camera, not showing the SD video at all. I believe the SD video files are recorded as MPG files. So what I have done is download the SD video in iMovie and then export the clips as an XML file, then open in it FCE. The first question: is there an easier way to do this?
2. Once I import the XML file with the SD video, I'm having trouble working with it. I have placed the XML sequence in the timeline and rendered it. I can then cut the video using the razor blade, but there doesn't seem to be any way to slice up the clips into independent clips that I can name and manipulate etc. I think this is because the XML file is coming in as a sequence rather than just video, but I am honestly so confused that I don't know what to try next.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

1. You need to convert the media. I don't know what iMovie does to it but it won't work in FCE as it is. You could use MPEG Streamclip to convert the media I think.
2. XML import is for iMovie projects and brings in a sequence and the media. You should be able to put the clip in the browser, mark In and Out points, use the Blade tool, whatever you want in FCE. The media still may not be in the right format for FCE however. What are the specs of the media? Look in the QT player and get info for the iMovie ingest file. What exactly does it say?

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