IMovie doesn't recognize my Panasonic v100M camcorder

iMovie 11 doesn't recognize my Panasonic v100M camcorder. I've done all the steps on another support page (unplugged, plugged it back in, restarted, etc) and nothing.  I even changed the internal video capture setting to iFrame and iMovie (nor does my Macbook Pro) recognize the camera.  HOWEVER, if I save the video to a SanDisck, and plug it in with an adapter, it sees it.  Go figure.  I'm lost here and frustrated because Apple lists this as one of the camera's it's OS is compatable with. Any help, suggestions are more than welcomed.

Hey Brett...
Thank you for the link.  I ended up calling Apple that evening. Found out the camera was supported in iMovie '09, but not '11. Go figure. lol. So I reinstalled '09, but haven't checked it yet to see if it was working. They gave me a case number just in case, so we'll see.  :-)
Totally appreciate the response!  I'll let you know how it goes.

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