Importing DV from Sony Camcorder to iMovie - crashes

I have iMovie 08 [7.1.1] running on 1.8GHz PowerPC G5 OS 10.4.11.
Whenever I connect on of my Sony mini Camcorders [digital tape] the import starts but then the application crashes after a while.
I had no problem with iMovie HD and the workaround I have found is to import the films into iMovie HD and then import the project into iMovie 08! This works perfectly but there must be a simpler way.
Can anyone help? Since the problem occurs with both my cameras which both worked on iMovie HD then I assume the problem is not with my kit [or is it?]
Cheers
Simon

Hi
I have a similar crash problem:
when I import from a sony mini-dv camera into iMovie HD 5 (running oder OS X 10.5.3) only a few clips get imported and then the import crashes, or rather stops, while the digital tape continues running). That is, not iMovie crashes but merely the import does not work. I got this occiasionally under 10.3 and 10.4 but not as frequently as now, which makes working on any project a very tedious and frustrating job.
I wonder: has anyone else experienced this? could changing to iMovie HD 6 improve matters?
Following recommendations in this forum and other places, I will definitely avoid installing iMovie 7 (as per iLife 08).
Thanks for any help you can provide.

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