iMovie HD 6 Can't See Video in Window Pane

Hello.

First the specs:

MacPro

OSX 10.6.8

iMovie 6.0.3

Camera: Canon Vixia HV40

Quicktime 10.0

I have been using the Vixia HV40 to import HD video into iMovie 6 for over a year with no problems. Now, all of a sudden, I cannot import video. When I connect the camera, all I get is the blue screen with the digital counter in the upper right hand corner. The screen says the camera is connected and I can FF and RW but no video (no audio either). A quick test import using Quicktime was fine. Video imported with no problems. Any thoughts? (Other than upgrading iMovie since I am heavly invested in third party plug-ins.)

Thanks,

John