Help...Trying to edit mts/avchd on i movie.

Hi. New to mac format. I have a fair bit of video in avchd/mts format. I had these on an ext drive and have transferred them to my new iMac, however I am unable to edit them in i movie. Please help?

Don't hesitate to spend some time here
http://help.apple.com/imovie/index.html#button-0
before using iMovie.
And another general advice: iM is meant for Camcorder Imports.
Which means: the full AVCHD-structure has to be intact, for using with iMovie.
then, and only then iM is able to 'Import from ARCHIVE'.
Best practice - aside using iM's built-in 'Create archive' feature - is to drag'n drop the SDcard in Finder onto a new folder (I have tons of 'BU team vs ...' on my drive - back-ups of my soccer games recordings). iMovie notices these Folders as 'Camera'. btw: FinalCutProX too ....
If the .mts are 'orphaned' (=stripped off the AVCHD files&folders), iM cannot handle it.
there are many options to manually 'convert' it.

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b Summary of problem:
*I recently upgraded to PSE 7 / PRE 7
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i "Nothing was imported. The file(s) or folder(s) selected to import did not contain any supported file types, or the files are already in the catalog."
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b PC: Intel Core i7 940 CPU, 6GB RAM, RADEON HD 4870 512MB, Vista 64 bit
b Camera: Sony HDR SR12 producing .MTS files (footage in full 1920x1080i HD)

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b Summary:
*K-Lite Codec Pack clashes with Sony's Picture Motion Browser (PMB) software
*Analysis of video in Sony's PMB is well worth doing!
*You can Drag and Drop clips from Sony's PMB into PRE7
b Detail:
As you've probably gathered I have now settled on using Sony's Picture Motion Browser (PMB) to Catalog all my video. Sorry Adobe to talk about someone elses product but the Adobe Organizer just can't cope with AVCHD footage no matter how you manage to import it! It's far too sluggish and my PC has an Intel Core i7 940 CPU with 6GB RAM and a 10,000 RPM HDD!
Anyway, in my first post you'll have read me raving about the K-Lite Codec Pack but sadly I've had to uninstall it because it kept on causing PMB to crash. PMB runs much smoother and quicker WITHOUT that codec pack. Something about it clashed with PMB. The once agile PMB became sluggish and unresponsive.
Having now removed the codec pack PMB is back to being agile and generaly lovely.
To view AVCHD footage outside of PMB I have reverted to using Cyberlink's PowerDVD 8 - there's always a pregnant pause between double-clicking on the clip and it playing but that's the only drawback.
If you are going to use Sony's PMB for cataloging your video collection (and I recommend you do so BUT only if you have AVCHD footage - otherwise stick to Adobe's Organiser) then I can fully recommend "Analyzing" all of your footage. This takes time and a bit of patience because it kept stopping for no apparent reason but would readily start up again (without having to do anything else) BUT once it's done it'll reward you with the following:
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