IMovie stops importing -- recent problem

Until recently I have had no problem downloading to iMovie from my Sony miniDV cassette camera. I have had the camera checked & run a head cleaner cycle. The problem now is that the movie imports for a short time and quits. I have also run diagnostics on my G5 Mac OSX 10.4.9 and am told there are no problems there. I believe it is a software problem because the movie plays in the camera. Suggestions?

Turns out after 3 hours of tech support with 3 different companies involved, some say its a Firewire conflict between the camcorder and the drive.
BUT that does NOT explain why there were NO conflicts
and the camcorder connected perfectly for two years - then with a new firewire drive, perfectly for a week - 2 hours of footage was uploaded
then suddenly this conflict. hmm
So far there is only one option i found, if you have a drive that uses firewire, try USB for the drive and see if you can use the camcorder via firewire. it worked here.
however.. one big negative thing though, USB is very slow for editing,
infact its the actual reason i got this firewire drive
its fine for backup drives, but video need a fast drive
anyone see a solution?
G5   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   firewire Camcorder conflict

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