Imovie 10.0.3 won't import from a camera that doesn't have a tape

I am using iMovie 10.0.3 and am trying to import live video from my canon gl2 camcorder without having to use a tape. iMovie will capture just fine but only as long as there is a tape in the camera and the camera is recording. If I play pre-recorded tapes to iMovie it records ok as well. I've been using this camera to my macbook pro (2011) and using iMovie without having a tape in the camera.

You need to convert the VOB files back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle. For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
which is free, as well as the the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
which is a mere $20.
Another possibility is to use DVDxDV:
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm
which costs $25.
Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.

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ehm, what is your question....... ?
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=277704&tstart=0
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