Import HDV from canon

iMovie starts , the movie is playing in the camera, but I have a blue screen. No image, sound only.
Camera is set on playback, and is connected with a firewire.

Arrggh. Of course. HDV. My brain must have stopped. Sorry about the uninformative reply

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