Magic iMovie is designed to work with a DV or HDV camera that is connected to your computer through FireWire. This feature relies on scene break information stored on tape in the camera, as well as iMovie HD's ability to control the camera over the FireWire connection.
Make sure that your camera can connect over FireWire before using Magic iMovie. This feature is not designed to work with analog-to-DV bridge devices (such as those that allow you to connect a VCR or Hi-8 camcorder to your computer).
If you captured multiple scenes on your tape, but do not see multiple scenes in your Magic iMovie project, make sure that the "Start a new clip at each scene break" option is enabled in iMovie HD Preferences. Click here for additional iMovie scene detection troubleshooting information.
If you are having difficulty sending your Magic iMovie project to iDVD, click here for more information on resolving this issue.