Big problem w/ converting footage, PLEASE help...

Hello, I have a seriously dire situation regarding some very important footage that I need to get converted, or copied.
A few months ago, a friend filmed my wedding on his personal video camera (a Canon with a video card) as a favor to me. The problem is, he gave the unedited footage back to me as the MTS files, copied directly from the video card, which he essentially just burned onto a DVD-- so he didn't bother importing them into iMovie or FCP, to convert them into Quicktime files or anything I can edit, I can just watch them with the program VLC. He has since deleted the files from the video card, too.
When I told him of the situation, he let me borrow the video card--so I could try to copy them BACK over to the card, THEN import them--only for me to find out that I could not, that I "can only read" from the card.
So, I either have to figure out how to change permissions, so I can copy back TO this card and reimport, or I have to figure out how to convert these files.
What is the best/easiest option, and how do I go about doing so? Thanks.

phasmatrope wrote:
... a Canon with a video card ... MTS files... burned onto a DVD ... I could try to copy them BACK over to the card ...
What is the best/easiest option, and how do I go about doing so? Thanks.
there are many options, even free ones to convert or unwrap .mts, a short list on my site:
https://sites.google.com/site/karstenschluter/mts-to-mov
your idea, of copying back the mts to a SDcard doesn't work - AVCHD has a designated, elaborated file-structure, which - best to my knowledge - can not be 're-enacted'.
best practice is, to import directly from Cam, or by a card-reader from SDcard. Or, copy the WHOLE structure onto some other drive/media. then, editing-tools as iMovie, FinalCut etc can read the embedded videos.

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