IMovie not picking up camera

Hello everyone. I have seen a couple people with a similar issue to mine, but no solutions yet, so I will try to provide a little more info. I am using a MacBook Pro, and am trying to import video into iMovie from my Canon ZR80 via Firewire. Plug into the camera and Mac. Camera says "DV IN", Mac does nothing. I have tried any and all fixes mentioned here in the past few days. I went into Console and in the logs there is this message repeating over and over while the camera is plugged in.
"Mar 31 23:23:53 justin-unsers-computer kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5811 PCI: Bad selfIDs, issuing bus reset (retry 2)
Mar 31 23:23:53 justin-unsers-computer kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5811 PCI: Bad selfIDs, issuing bus reset (retry 3)"
Of course it will go to retry 4 and so on up to 14 before starting over on 2 again. I have another MBP, and have the same exact results. One MBP is a 1.8, the other a 2.0.
I know the camera is compatible, and the wire is good because when I plug everything in the camera reads "DV IN".
The other MBP does not have this error message, but also will not work with the camera. Any thoughts before I go to the Genius Bar?

Hi jug... - welcome to the forum!
Frustrating problem I know - something here may help:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43000
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/vt3/10228
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?forumID=858&threadID=231694
esp. see Beverly’s work-around
The above problem with ref. to QuickTime Versions:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=263662&tstart=0
The ‘Garage-Band’ Fix:
I quote QuickTimeKirk:
”Open the Audio MIDI Setup application (Utilities folder).
Try changing the settings to 44100Hz (CD Quality) or to 48000Hz (typical of the iMovie formats).
Others call this the GarageBand fix. Opening GB also resets the Audio MIDI Setup.”
This has a good list of ‘fixes’ – from Bengt:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=397899&tstart=0

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