Need help importing footage from Handycam

Hi everyone,
I just finished recording about 20 hours of footage on my new Sony Handycam HDR-SR11. I didn't record in HD, just the regular mode, which I believe is saved in a .mpg format? I'd like to import my footage into Final Cut Express to start editing. I'm running FCE4 on Mac OS X 10.4.11. When I first tried importing I chose the option "Log and Capture" but it didn't work. I took the suggestion of another user to download the free application MPeg Streamclip to save the footage in another format that FCE recognizes.
A couple questions:
1) What format should I save/convert my footage as to get the highest quality once it is imported into FCE?
2) Is there a better way of getting my footage into FCE than this?
I'm quite new to editing on a mac (editing in general actually) so any suggestions or tips are greatly appreciated.

i'm also running fce 4.0, and there isn't a log and capture command. there is a log and transfer command, however, which won't work (which you already figured out). what works for me is to make sure my camcorder is plugged into my hard drive, my drive is connected to the computer and your scratch disc is correctly set. then, from the file menu, choose "capture". a window pops up with color bars. you then press play on your camcorder and immediately press the "now" button, which is located on the bottom right of the window (in between the "clip" and "project" buttons). this should work. good luck!

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