Trouble importing from Canon HF20 to Final Cut Express 4.0

Took me a while trying to find the file, but after reading on another topic, i learned about menu file then log and transfer.
anyways, when i try to drag footage to the lower left, i get this red exclamation mark under status and it says "Error: No Data"
I tried tweaking the mark in and out, even using the play in to out button, but i keep getting the same error. Does anyone else get this? what am i doing wrong?

just searched real hard through the forums, and a lot of guess and test, so to speak. not so much guess, but trying dif solutions suggested

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