Imovie not importing .mov file

I have a video camera (an Oregon Scientific ATC9K). Normally I take the ssd card out and plug it into my iMac. I then let iPhoto import everything, then I copy all the files to either my iMacs secondary drive or a network storage device (a GoFlexHome). I then import .mov files into iMovie, and have, until now, not experienced any issues with this... However, this time round, after my import into iMovie, I noticed some video missing, so I assumed I neglected to import it into the project event. Note, I have already reformatted the ssd card but have the .mov file both imported into iPhoto and copied onto the external. Each time I attempt to re-import, iMovie tells me it will take about 4 hours, and when I return, the video clip is still missing. No error message, just not there. So I start again... same result... so I create a new project, and import the .mov file... another 4 hours pass... and I'm left with an empty event folder for the new project... I thought it failed at first because I may have ran out of space... so I cleared a bunch of space and tried again... another four hours pass... nada. iMovie thinks it has imported the movie, but there is nothing there. I can watch the movie in iPhoto, but if I try to import it from iPhoto, iMovie claims it is in a format it cannot handle. ***. Pardon the french, but this is getting extremly frustrating.

QuickTime Pro is available for about $30 US from Apple online.
There is a free package called MPEG Streamclip. You could export from MPEG Streamclip with no audio track. However, it may be that MPEG Streamclip will not edit copy protected material either, I have not tried it.

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I just purchased a new iMac and a new camera (which claims it is Mac compatible and iMovie compatible).
Compatible at which level? Muxed MPEG-1 files can be played by QT applications but cannot be converted by them to other compression formats without losing the audio and cannot be edited by them. Would you call this a compatible format or an incompatible format?
Unfortunately, for some reason iMovie is not letting me import any of the movies I create with the camera. I noticed this is a common problem, and the fix seems to be to download an earlier version of iMovies '06, but that seems crazy.
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Are there any other options to get my movies from my camera into iMovies?
Probably. It all depends on the compression format contained in the file. For instance, many Sony cameras make MPEG-1 video files. These files can be converted to an editable format (like DV, AIC, MJEPEG, MPEG-4, H.264, etc.) with a free third-party, MPEG-based application like MPEG Streamclip. Kodak MPEG4/µ-Law files become compatible if you simply pass through the video and convert the audio to AAC using the "Movie to MPEG-4" export option. Casio MJPEG/DVI ADPCM wil import if you simply extract the WAV audio, convert it AAC (or other compatible audio format), and re-merge it with your original video track.
This is a Bug in iMovie8. I could NOT import .mov files from my Kodak easyshare Z612 camera into iMovie8 as all the .mov files were greyed out.
Its not a bug if that is what it is supposed to do. If you check the compression format, you will likely find this camera also uses the MPEG4/µ-Law combination mentioned above. Just because the compressed data is in an MOV file container, does not mean it can be edited in that "native" compression format. If you check the audio format of your files imported to iMovie '06, you should find the µ-Law audio was changed to AAC. Whether done automatically by iMovie '06 or manually by you, the offending compression format had to be changed to one that could be edited before iMovie '08 would accept it.
ADDED: Oops! Looks like you beat me to it, Winston.

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Welcome to the forum.
Now, what is inside that .MOV "wrapper?" This ARTICLE will give you some background on "wrappers." It is mainly written with .AVI in mind, but translates to most AV file formats, including .MOV.
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General
Complete name                    : F:\FLV Projects\TalkingMatters\Leah Fabiano-Smith121312\Smith01.mov
Format                           : QuickTime
Format/Info                      : Original Apple specifications
Format_Commercial_IfAny          : XDCAM EX422
File size                        : 15.0 GiB
Duration                         : 38mn 58s
Overall bit rate                 : 55.0 Mbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2012-12-13 08:53:51
Tagged date                      : UTC 2012-12-13 08:53:51
©TSC                             : 2997
©TSZ                             : 100
Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : MPEG Video
Format_Commercial_IfAny          : XDCAM EX422
Format version                   : Version 2
Format profile                   : 4:2:2@High
Format settings, BVOP            : Yes
Format settings, Matrix          : Default
Format settings, GOP             : M=3, N=15
Codec ID                         : xd5b
Codec ID/Hint                    : XDCAM
Duration                         : 38mn 58s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 50.0 Mbps
Width                            : 1 888 pixels
Original width                   : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 1 062 pixels
Original height                  : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate mode                  : Constant
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:2
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Interlaced
Scan order                       : Top Field First
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.832
Stream size                      : 13.6 GiB (91%)
Language                         : English
Encoded date                     : UTC 2012-12-13 09:33:19
Tagged date                      : UTC 2012-12-13 09:33:19
Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : PCM
Format settings, Endianness      : Big
Format settings, Sign            : Unsigned
Codec ID                         : in24
Duration                         : 38mn 58s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 4 608 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 4 channels
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 24 bits
Stream size                      : 1.25 GiB (8%)
Language                         : English
Encoded date                     : UTC 2012-12-13 09:33:19
Tagged date                      : UTC 2012-12-13 09:33:19
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Select Quick Time. (Make sure the "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" box is checked.)
Reboot your computer.
Open AE and see if it works.

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