Need help importing from HD camcorder

Hey,
So i just purchased a new canon vixia hf10 HD camcorder. when i create a new project and attempt to import files into the computer, it tells me there's something wrong (i think it said something about firewire, which doesnt make sense cuz it's importing through USB). anyway i'm starting to think that the format that the camera is trying to import will not be accepted by my mac. It came with a windows program called pixela imagemixer which wont help me much because it's not mac-compatible and plus i'm hoping to use Imovie to edit my movies. any ideas on how i can solve the problem?

If you are using iMovie 5 (which is the forum you are in) your camera is incompatible, as it is not producing a DV stream nor connected by firewire.
As you are on Leopard, try upgrading to iMovie 8, which should work with your camera as well as with USB.

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