AVCHD convertion

Hi Iam having a few problems with my I movie reading avchd files it worked ok from the ad card but from the Panasonic camera hard drive the movie clips show as question marks and won't import . I have plugged the camera in and it shows on the desk top I opened the icon and copies the avchd to a external hard drive but trying to import it it s greyed out is there a free prog that I can download to convert it to a file that I movie 11 can read and also will I have to do it clip by clip so I can edit in iMovie 11

Hey foxcub 6!
Here is an article that seems to address this issue for you:
iMovie '11: Some camcorder video clips may not be visible in the Camera Import window
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3634
Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

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I guess the size doesnt really matter.
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Here are the bullet points
I took some footage from my Cannon HF 200.
The footage was taken on a 32 SDHC card.
The footage is now transferred to an external drive. I am using Adobe Premiere 8.
The footage is in the MTS. format and I am trying to convert it.
I am looking at this called AVCH converter but unsure if it is any good and I do not want to download spamware
I have heard that something called a video splitter would be good.
I just want to convert the footage into a format where the video does not skip and looks presentable.
Any recommendations would be helpful.

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I am not sure that I fully understand what you are getting at when you say....
"I heard that I could also do a preview render of file in Premiere during the editing phase.
Would that also work?"
Your project preset (new project dialog) is set as close as possible to the properties of the video to be imported so that you will have a reasonable template from which to edit. If you video is AVCHD Full HD1080i30 (that is 1920 x 1080 frame size at 30 frames per second) and did not have 5.1 channel sound, you would select the project preset (new project dialog) = NTSC/AVCHD/Full HD1080i30. By default, Edit Menu/Preferences/General "Default Scale to Frame Size" would be checked.
So, when you go to Render the Timeline (Edit Mode) by pressing the Enter Key of the computer main keyboard, the end result will be the best possible preview of the end product displayed in the Edit Mode Monitor. It does not impact Quality. The program generates preview files to be used for preview purposes. There is no encoding going on in this process. This Rendering does not stop you from exporting with a different export choice. But, the ideal is as described to edit with a template as close as possible to the source media and export accordingly. Beware of those high definition rendered preview files and any pile ups of them on your hard drive. Best direct those preview files to an external hard drive (formatted NTFS, not FAT32).
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"Also when I attempted to open up the MTS files, a window popped up asking what program do I want to use to open them
up in? I chose Windows Media player. It is still an MTS file but will this have any effect during the conversion process?
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You mentioned documents folder, are these files imported from the camera or are they somehow already on your computer?
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http://www.newbluefx.com/avchd-upshift.html
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Thanks for getting back with me so promptly. It has taken me this time to connect with the proper people to find out the information you requested.
The camera used to film the class was a Panasonic AG-HMC40P, owned by a local cable TV station; they use Kodak video encoding software, and a SD card was used to store the video. The file extension is .mts, and the mime file is MPEG 2 transport. He said I probably need an AVCHD converter, and the Mac app store lists 8 of those options, 4 free and 4 for up to $9.99. He said I'll also need a converter for later plans of posting on YouTube or on the website, and while some of those in the app store might work for the later needs, he knows one app called "Compressor" that would work for the uploading later. He also suggested I could try renaming the .mts file to .MP2T, but he wasn't sure that would work.
They don't work with Macs at the studio, but I had thought I could have some lessons there in editing, and apply what I learned to my iMac and iMovie.
First, though, I have to be able to see it and review it!
Thanks again!

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Thanks for getting back with me so promptly. It has taken me this time to connect with the proper people to find out the information you requested.
The camera used to film the class was a Panasonic AG-HMC40P, owned by a local cable TV station; they use Kodak video encoding software, and a SD card was used to store the video. The file extension is .mts, and the mime file is MPEG 2 transport. He said I probably need an AVCHD converter, and the Mac app store lists 8 of those options, 4 free and 4 for up to $9.99. He said I'll also need a converter for later plans of posting on YouTube or on the website, and while some of those in the app store might work for the later needs, he knows one app called "Compressor" that would work for the uploading later. He also suggested I could try renaming the .mts file to .MP2T, but he wasn't sure that would work.
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