Slow movie when imported from HDR HC3 to iMovie

When I import from my Sony camera to iMovie I get a message 'Downloading at 1/8th speed'. When I then play back the movie through iMovie the sound and video play slowly....like a 45rpm record played at 33rpm...for those who remember what records are! Could it be my processor speed? I run a PowerBook G4.
Thanks.

Hi Tumnus,
Welcome to the Apple Forums.
Yes it could very likely be your processor speed or how much RAM you have. The baseline for HD importing, editing and exporting is 1GH and 512MB RAM. Also there are other factors involved like is the camera fully supported in iMovie (altho I have a Sony HDR-HC1E and it imports fine).
It might be time to update to a new Mac with a faster processor and some more RAM (1GB is recommended)
Hope this helps.
Paul

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