Sony DVMC-DA1 broken in iMovie 5.x

Question

I have used my Sony Digital Converter DVMC-DA1 with every version of iMovie. But iMovie HD (5.0.2) has broken this ability!
I still have a copy of iMovie 4.0.1, and the Sony DVMC-DA1 still works fine with that version of iMovie. So why is it broken with a newer version?
System Profiler sees it, FCE sees it, iMovie 4 sees it, but iMovie HD 5 says "No Camera Attached" and will not see it.
Please send Feedback to Apple about this so they will get it fixed.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/imovie.html
And since iMovie HD is new, please phone them about it as well.
1-800-APL-CARE
We need to get this fixed!

Answer 1

I installed Tiger last night, hoping it might fix things with the Sony converter. Nope. iMovie 5.0.2 still does not recognize our Sony analog/digital converter DVMC-DA1 when we try to import a movie. Older versions of iMovie worked just fine, but not iMovie 5.0.2.
We really would like to use iMovie 5 because of the new features, and our kids are used to using iMovie.
We also have Final Cut Express, which is able to import from the Sony DVMC-DA1 just fine, but the learning curve is too high for our kids to use.
Our kids make movies for school, and teachers and other students have always been impressed at the movies they make. They are able to tell their teachers about iMovie and the Mac. But now iMovie is broken.
FCE sees the converter, so does Sorenson Squeeze, so did the old iMovie, and so does System Profiler. But not iMovie 5. Here's what System Profiler reports:
FireWire Bus:
Maximum Speed:     Up to 800 Mb/sec
DVMC-DA1:
Manufacturer:     Sony
Model:     0xFA0000
GUID:     0x800460300151FB9
Maximum Speed:     Up to 100 Mb/sec
Connection Speed:     Unknown
Sub-units:
DVMC-DA1 Unit:
Unit Software Version:     0x10000
Unit Spec ID:     0xA02D
We hope Apple will soon be able to fix this defect in iMovie 5, for the sake of our kids, their teachers, and our school. (Plus, even though I myself use FCE, I find iMovie a neat and quick way to do simple things, so I use it as well.)