AVCHD files only partially importing to imovie11.

I have a panasonic V720 camcorder and imovie11 and am trying to import AVCHD files into imovie. Most of the clips have imported successfully but a selected group seem to require the camcorder to be conected for them to play. When the camcorder is unplugged the clips do not play and simply display "Missing Camera" rather than the video. when scrolled over the clip present a message which says "the media for this clip is still on the camera. to begin importing select "reimport from camera/archive..." from the file menu. There is nothing in the file menu which gives this option other than the import option which does display the clips to be imported, but when I select import all the window closes immediately and nothing has changed. I made a trailer from these clip and they all worked fine, but when I try to use them in a movie they will not play.
Any suggestions would be really great as I would really like to get this movie finished before February.

The choice is yours.
You can use them natively or convert to ProRes.
Some people claim that ProRes will give better quality if you intend to do lots of colour correcting but you probably won't notice much difference.

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    On my video camera I made 5 recordings( recorded blank wall) of atleast 4 minutes long (to cover my longest clip saved) and then used imovie to make an archive of it. In the archive folders stream folder I deleted the mts files there. After that I copy the earlier mts (5 at a time) files I recorded in the stream folder and renamed them using the automater for ease, the same numbering the camera used in my case 00000.mts 00001.mts etc... then in imovie import from the archive. It will come up with the correct thumbnails but the incorrect times of the clip, but imovie will import with the correct times as long as the clips importing are shorter then the dummy recorded clips (thats why I made them 4 minutes each) if you try to import clips longer then it will stop short and the clip will get trimmed. Also if you do it this way then you need the same number of clips in the archive as it was first saved or it may not detect correctly in imovie. I also noticed that one of my cameras I needed to move the bdmv folder to the main folder the archive is ( ../volume/camera archive/bdmv/...). You can make your own dummy archive with as many clips as you need, just make sure the same amount in in there when importing. So far it seems to work and alot better then converting and archiving everything in the imovie way for future recordings ( i like to rename and organize my .mts files for backup). That way if you just what certain files saved you can save the mts or mt2s files to dvd renaming files to make easier to locate the ones you want later and have the dummy archive for importing into imovie.
    I hope I explained it good enough. If you have questions it may take a few days for me to reply since I use the library for internet access (no connection at home)
    good luck

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