Problems w/ importing video clips using iphoto 08

I am having trouble importing video clips from my digital camera into iphoto 08. Some video clips can be imported while others can not. I get a message that says the file is unreadable and can not be imported. I don't understand why some video clips can be imported while others can't using the same camera. Any Suggestions?
dankmiller

dankmiller
Size. iPhoto baulks at copying larger video files directly from the card. Use Image Capture to move the files to your desktop, then import them to iPhoto.
Regards
TD

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