Cheers for the replies, i actually managed to sort it and i will explain for other users.
I’m using mac os 10.6.8 and basically it appears sony have stopped making xdcam transfer compatible with newer versions of mac os.
I couldn’t get the sony footage to work, it was just a green file. Mpeg streamclip wouldn’t even recognise it.
To get sony xdcam transfer to work, i opened the disk image, right clicked on the pkg and opened the contents of the package. I then clicked on xdcam transfer.pkg and it installed it.
Hope this thread helps anyone else having similar problems!
Russ