IMovie 11 and Panasonic HDC-SD90. won't recognise camera

I am trying to import AVCHD for the first time from this camera.
All I get is No Camera Connected.... the instructions were followed, connect USB lead, turn camera on and "import from camera". I have previously copied the files from the SDHC cards to the Mac and have tried to import also from there into iMovie with no success, all I get is a list of files with 60p in a "red no entry type circle" and the play and import greyed out. Camera is connected to mains power.
The camera is supported in iMovie.
Don't know what to do !!
Thanks

One other thought. Are you shooting 60P? iMovie does not support 60P. You will want to shoot 30P or 60i to work with iMovie.
You may need to find some external software that can convert 60P to 30P.
If you feel adventurous, some folks have hacked iMovie to make it work for 60P. Do so at your own risk.
For example.

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If you have a PC and the generic software that comes with the camera you can as well.
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So -- is it possible to import from the HDC-SD90 to iMovie?
I'm using iMovie '11 9.0.4.
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I just got the Panasonic HDC SD90 and I pluged it into my computer and opened iMovie, and all I ot were the movies I already shoot. I want to be able to record dirctly to the hard drive of my mac book pro. Is this possible? Thanks for any help

This is not possible. Imovie imports from this camera, but not in real time. It will be faster or slower than real time based on your computer.
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iMovie imports AVCHD and converts to Apple Intermediate Codec format.
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FYI,
I just purchased the Panasonic HDC-SD5 which supports 1920x1080 or 1080P. I recorded clip with the HG1920 setting (1080P). I then imported the clip into iMovie and added it to a project. When I play the movie everything is oblong. (A circle appears as a oval.) I then recored a clip at 1080i, imported it and everything looks correct.
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You may find some of the information in my other thread useful... http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1131966&tstart=0
I believe the SD5 is 1080i and not 1080p. If you look at the imported file you will most likely notice it is not 1920x1080. It is now 2560x1080. If your record in one of the 1440 modes on the camera you will see the 1440x1080 is imported as 1920x1080 and therefore everything does not look stretched. I have not been able to determine if it is a bug of Apple or Panasonic.
I assume you will see the same thing with FCE since I do see the same behavior with Final Cut Pro.
You are correct that currently the 1080i SD5 is not supported. I would assume that it will be added to the support list soon. At least that is my hope.
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I have this great camera and would like to import and edit in iMovie, but can't. I did a google search and found some free software, but my Mac does not let me open because it is and unidentified developer.

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