Archive All disabled in iMovie 09

I need to "Archive All" videos from my flip video recorder, but the button is disabled. Why is it disabled ? How do I enable it ?
Thanks in advance.

There are certain camera which shoot AVCHD. Archive All lets you preserve an identical copy of your AVCHD files on disk in case you ever need the raw files again. This is necessary for two reasons. First, the AVCHD files are converted to Apple Intermediate Codec when you import them to iMovie. This makes the files size from 4 to 10 times larger. So the Archive function makes it convenient to keep un original, highly compressed copy. Second, iMovie will not import a standalone mts file. It needs the full folder structure of the camera to do an import.
If your camera records in DV or h.264, there is no need for Archive All, because the file imported in the Event is the same as the file on the camera.

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I just discovered a useful trick. Much is made in the FCE4 manual about not being able to ingest AVCHD footage from a disk - you have, it says, to use the camcorder. Not so if you have iMovie 09 as well (not sure about earlier versions).
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groovycat wrote:
Oh disappointed now - I thought I'd discovered a great thing.
you did!
as the iMovie guy here at the boards, I raise the flag for 'my' tool.. because, read exactly, what FC Mastermind Tom told you:
.. Any folder than _maintains the AVCHD wrapper_ can be used, whether it's created in iMovie or simply by dragging the disk or memory card contents to a a hard drive.
means: if you drag just the .mts files, which contains the 'video' => kaputt, no import into FCE (or iMovie)
all those BDMV, AVF_INFO, cpi, bdm, bnp, whatever files & folders have to complete and untouched transfered to disk..
.. ok, what could go wrong by dragging a whole folder from cam to HDD.. ? but, iM makes it .. dummy-proof.. (no offense!!!!)..

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Let me give you some thoughts. I can tell you my plan, but ultimately you will need your own plan that makes sense for you.
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