How do I import AVCHD clips from my hard-disk?

Has anybody been able to import AVCHD clips stored in a hard-disk? I save my clips onto my hard-disk after downloading from the media card from the camera however iMovie does not seem to recognize the folder structure.
S.r.

Yes, this worked. Ideally it would be nice not to have to do that as I don't fully trust the disk image format as a final archive format and hence end up duplicating the media. I would prefer to leave it as ordinary folder structure (which works with FCP 6.0.1).
I suppose this could be a .1 release feature.
Thanks,
S.r.

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