Unknown error during import

I have a video from my new camera on an SD card. I recently installed iLife 06 on my 1ghz iBook G4 and have updated to iMovie 6.01, but when I try and import it I get an error "The file could not be imported: Unknown Error".
I can plug that exact same SD card in the exact same reader into a Mac at the local CompUSA store and both iMovie 6.01 (on Intel dual core iMac) and iMovie 5.02 (on iBook G4) import it just fine.
Why doesn't it work on my iBook?
Al 3 have Quicktime player 7.0.4, not quicktime pro.
What else can I try?

It's a Canon Powershot 2 SI and uses AVI files. I believe "avi" is a generic type (kinda like xml?) so the associeted definition file is required in order to read it.
I talked to the CompUSA Apple guy and he said that iMovie HD should be able to handle it without needing anything else. That's why I checked for Quicktime Pro. He also implied that those systems we just straight installs - nothing special added.
It really surprised me when iMovie 5 could read it. The files play OK in Quicktime on my iBook and iPhoto 6 successfully imports them as well.
Where would I look for installed "codecs"?

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