Input problem w/ USB to Final Cut Pro?

I have a Canon Vixia HF S30 which uses flash memory. The only outputs I have on the camera are HDMI and USB 2.0. My computer recognizes the camera as a flash drive but Final Cut Pro 7 will not. I have tried tinkering with a number of settings in the Log and Transfer window with no success. I am guessing that there must be an issue of Final Cut Pro not located the camera because it is connected to the USB drive and not the firewire. I have tried to find a setting under Audio/Video for a non-firewire connection, but have found none. I am confident that it can work with Final Cut Pro because it had in the past before I had to reformat and reinstall Final Cut Pro. I just can't remember the correct settings to import the video. Please help!

Log and Transfer works with both USB and FireWire -the majority of tapeless cameras connect via USB but you could jst as easily use a Disk Image of that cameras card located on a FW drive.
There are two things that cause problems -the directory structure of a card not being intact is one.
There are also multiple video file types, not all of which are compatible because various manufacturers add their own tweaks to the AVCHD format.
Some manufacturers provide a plug in for their camera so that it works in FCP.
If Canon don't provide one for that camera you can use MPEG Streamclip (free) to transcode the files to ProRes LT or ClipWrap ($50).
You should also watch this tutorial: http://library.creativecow.net/ross_shane/tapeless-workflow_fcp-7/1

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