Importing AVCHD Files without FCP

How do I import files from the SD card in my video camera.  It's only showing as a single file in the finder so can't figure how to import only certain clips.  iPhoto allowed me to import them but the quality is poor. I don't have FCP.  Thanks

Still grayed out, from the top level on down. I've tried each level. I must not have a complete directory tree then.
My structure is:
PRIVATE > AVCHD > AVCHDTN / BDMV / IISVPL > …
Each of the slashes represents a separate folder, and the MTS files are stored in the BDMV > STREAM folder.
I'm told by the camera owner that "PRIVATE" is what the camera automatically names the entire thing and that everything contained within it are the complete contents of the drive. He says that he copies the same thing to a USB drive and it opens fine for him.

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