Import problems from SONY ACVHD

How do I import movieclips from the SONY TG3E (HD) camera into iMovie HD? I cannot drag and drop MTS-files to iMovie. Do I need to convert these files?

From other discussions here, I was under the impression that iMovie HD (v.5.0) was not compatible with Leopard (OS 10.5).
Besides that, all versions of iMovie up to, but not including 08, REQUIRE a miniDV cam for capture. HDD, DVD or memory sticks will NOT capture to iMovie HD. You need .dv format to work with iMovie.
Lennart's suggestion of using Voltaic to convert is your best hope, providing your iMovie version is compatible with your OS.

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