New Camera, Can't Import the Video & Upcoming Dance Recital

Hello!
I just bought a camcorder, a Sony DCR-SR42. When I plug it into my Mac, the computer recognizes it, and I'm able to transfer the data file over USB to my iMovie projects folder. However, neither iMovie nor Quicktime can open the file.
When I try with iMovie it won't open it as an existing project. I try to import it, I get the following error:
The file could not be imported: The file “Macintosh HD/Users/Hawkins/Movies/M2U00006.MPG” can’t be imported; QuickTime couldn’t parse it: -2048
When I try to open it with Quicktime, I get the following error:
The movie could not be opened.
Can anyone help! My daughter is dancing in three days, and I'd like to record it!
Thank you!
Ben
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

This hard drive camera records using MPEG-2. That is the same as most all of the new DVD cameras.
This format is for playback and is not intended to be used as an editing format.
Welcome to discussions, Ben
You will need to convert that format into a DV format that imovie can use.
MPEG Streamclip http://www.alfanet.it/squared5/mpegstreamclip.html is free and Apple's QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
is about $20.00. They are the tools that you need to download to convert these files.
Once you have done that, export to DV Stream (.dv) and import it into iMovie.
iMovie use Digital video (like from a DV Tape) through a firewire not USB. It's too bad that you can't take it back.
Sue

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