IMovie will not import - but says it is importing

When I try an automatic import with iMovie, it finished in about 3 seconds and nothing happens (There is about an hour's worth of video on the tape). When I do a manual import, a blue screen appears which says "Importing" but no photo clips display and the timer on the top right corner stays at zero. What is going on? It sees my camera (JVC Mini DV3) but I cannot seem to do anything with the video on the camera. If I click stop or close the movie is nowhere to be found. If I quit iMovie, it does not prompt me to save anything (obviously, because nothing imported). Any idea what is going on? Help! Thanks in advance.

It finally worked on about the 12th time! I did have to hit play first, then Import, and although I tried this previously it finally worked this time. Hopefully it is not so tempermental in the future!

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