HG 10 Canon Video Camera...Cannot Get iMovie 8 to Recognize Camera

I just got a HG 10 Canon Video camera. I took it out of the box, hooked up the USB cable and iMovie doesn't want to recognize it. It almost did once, but then it was lost. Any tips? I've seemingly tried everything.

Shifterpods wrote:
i checked the supported camera (sony dcr-trv20) list and do not see mine on there. it used to be supported, because i have used it before. So do i have any options? how do i get the mini dv's on there?
I'm not a iDVD user, I'd recommend posting on the iDVD forum. It may be time to upgrade Cameras.

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