Imove won't recognize my Hitachi DZHS300A camcorder.

I have tried downloading my movies from My Hitachi camcorder and it won't even see it. The file format is International File Format. Does anyone have an idea of how to download the movies?

Did you try this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10616?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Are you sure you purchased the correct Firewire cable?

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