IMovie problems importing DV with HDV camcorder

Hello,
I'm using a Sony HDR-HC5 camcorder to import DV contents into iMovie '11. On the camcorder, I've configured it to output DV, but when importing into iMovie, the camera DV-VCR (HDV) is displayed and I get no video. It looks like for some reason, iMovie fails to detect that the camera is outputting DV instead of HDV.
Any ideas on how to get iMovie to detect importing of DV content?
Thanks.

Svanur,
I agree with Harm. The specs. do not match up correctly. Where did those AVI files come from?
I assume that you are working in PAL-land (and not NTSC-land). Is that correct?
What platform are you working on, Mac, or PC?
When you attempt to Import those AVI files, what is the exact error message that you are getting?
Good luck,
Hunt

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