Import via firewire no longer working

Hi,
I'm using iMovie 10.0.2, and trying to import from a Sony DCR-TRV320E camcorder over firewire into my late 2010 13" Macbook Pro under Mavericks.  Everything is up to date software wise as of today.
This setup worked fine under Lion (I skipped mountain lion), and with the previous version of iMovie.  I'd plug it in, go into import, and set it pulling in the contents of the tape - with no issues.  It was really slick.
Trying it with my current setup, everything looks like it's working fine, i.e. I connect everything together, start the import, the camcorder starts up, video and audio show on my Macbook fine.  When the import finishes though, theres no video file to be found anywhere.  I've searched on the hard drive, and withing iMovie.  I tried creating another user account on my Macbook and doing it from iMovie in there, and again, import starts, video and audio play, but when import finishes there's no movie file anywhere.
Help!  Any ideas, pointers or troubleshooting steps would be gratefully revceived!  It's frustrating the pants off me.

Yes, I'm having the same problem.  Very frustrating!
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24650020#24650020
I started with iMovie 10, so I don't have an old iMovie 9 folder to go back to.  I guess I'm just stuck waiting for 10.0.3...

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