JVC Everio Camcorder

For some to me unknown reason I cannot get my movies, shot with my JVC Everio, transfered into iMovie.

See here:
http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/features/formats.html
Where it says:
"Not only does iMovie HD 6 support a vast array of digital camcorders — from standard DV models to solid-state MPEG-4 video cams to state-of-the-art HDV camcorders — but it also supports a wide variety of video formats. That includes DV, DV Widescreen, iSight, MPEG-4 (Simple Profile), and HDV (720p & 1080i)."

No mention of hard drive recorders, right?

There MAY be a workaround if you can figure out which codec is used and IF you can transfer the video files to your hard drive.

The shots get to my harddisk because they are stored under the JVC software now. But I cannot get it over to the iMovie program.

OK, which codec (=video format) are the files? My guess is MPEG-2, but you need to verify that.

OK, Here's how to import MPEG-2:
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/%7Eshmhav/SVCDon_a_Macintosh.html#edit_convertMPEG

You should really sell the camera and get a miniDV. The hard MPEG-2 compression in your JVC will kill most of the quality of your footage. Converting to DV for editing and then converting to MPEG-2 again for DVD will also reduce quality.