IMovie wont import my video.

I have a little sony camcorder and it connects with iMovie and iMovie recognizes and i can control it, but the video doesn't show in iMovie and it wont import, can someone please help me this is really important.
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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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.”
My way is much more fun!
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When you play back the videos on your computer after importing, what program are you using to view it?
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Sony videocams are very popular in the market and
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The mystery remains....
Thanks for the pointers. The file type is .mts (a proprietry sony one).
I have now found some video converter software (Wondershare and iSkysoft) at a cost. Either will convert this file for me into .mp4. This I can then import into iMovie without any problems. I've checked this on the trial versions and it worked well but without paying am left with a giant watermark in the video
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It's a clip from CNN (with all credits etc. added). When one refers to it as a clip posted on "YouTube", then people understand the quality will be poor.
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