IMovie 08 Not Detecting Camcorder via USB

Hello,
I just bought iMovie 08 for my Canon HF100 camcorder because I needed it to import video's from my AVCHD camcorder. Well, my camera dose not have a firewire, only USB. So I connect my camera to my Mac Book Pro, but nothing in iMovie 08 happens. iPhoto opens up (even though I have no Images on it), but nothing in iMovie. I tried to go under File > Import from Camera, but it only open's the iSight camera thing, and my camcorder is not under the "Camera" list. Can anybody help me?
The first time I tried this, the import window appeared, and it worked. But every-time after that, nothing happens.
Thanks.

Turn the imovie on before your camera. Also does your have computer intel-based chip?

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Uninstall the software.
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Device Communications
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RIM USB Serial Driver - 2.1.0.4
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So I take from your post that the device and the computer communicate but only through your VM on the computer or using mass storage mode on the host. Am I correct about this?
Can you tell me what devices in device manager appear/disappear when you connect and disconnect your device on the affected computer?
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