How come iMovie cannot use network hard drives?

i have a Time Capsule (1 TB) with a USB hub. i have a 250GB WD HD attached as well as a Seagate 500GB HD. however, the only way i can import movies from my canon vix M30 is if i actually attach an external HD to the MacBook Pro itself. iMovie sees the network hard drives, but puts a yellow triangle over them. why? anyone?

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A network drive is too slow. If you want to use an external drive, go with FireWire (or ESATA if you have a Mac Pro).

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