HT3290 Panasonic HDC-SD900 - iMovie - AVCHD format

Hi everyone
I have a Panasonic HDC-SD900 - when I'm in iMovie I don't see any of the clips I've filmed in AVCHD format - which is most of them. How do I see them in order to download them?
I'm using a MacBook Pro - latest OS X platform
Thanks
Cenwyn

Yes. Every time you transcode a clip there are some approximations that must be made.
Since your original footage is a heavily compressed format to begin with, it remains to be seen if using Streamclip will make it look worse.
good luck.
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