"Invalid directory structure" AVCHD with Log & Trnasfer FCP 7

i was brought a hard drive with AVCHD files. i have been trying to import those AVCHD files into FCP 7 using the Log & Capture tool, but whenever i select the AVCHD folder i am told ""No Name" contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media."
i have been trying to find out what the correct directory structure of AVCHD files should be.
here is what my folders look like:
AVCHD > BDMV > (contained within the BDVM folder) BACKUP, CLIPNF, PLAYLIST, STREAM, INDEX.BDM & MOVIEOBJ.BDM
is this structure correct? how does one interlace that footage once it has been imported into FCP? the video was shot in interlaced but i have to work with it in ProRes 422!

When a camera's card is archived to a disk, it must be the entire card, not just the folders within it.
This is best achieved by making a Disk Image.
When you use Log & Transfer, select the card, not the folders inside. Or in this case, you might get away with selecting the hard drive itself.
have to work with it in ProRes 422!
ProRes also works with interlaced footage.

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I quite believe it.
Can you exactly describe what you're doing and how FCE behaves?
Do you see a preview of the clips after connecting the camera?
Try to import using iMovie, when this works, it should in FCE somehow, too.
I googled a bit around and found someone having the same problem (but unfortunately in german language).
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- do you see the camera device icon after connecting to your mac?
- can you try it on another Mac if it works? (if not, it may be a manufacturing issue)
At moment no more ideas...

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If you copy the recordings from AVCHD cameras, you must copy the entire storage device with its directory structure intact.
I have even tried copying BACK files onto the camera and they do not show up in the transfer window under the last clip.
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Your last resort is most likely [ClipWrap|http://www.divergentmedia.com/clipwrap] now, unless you can get the storage device exactly back into the state it is supposed to be according to the index file.

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"AVCHD" contains unsupported media or had an invalid directory structure
I brought this error message upon myself... and am looking for a way to recover the files and access them in Final Cut Express. I have successfully processed video in the past.... so it's operator error.
How did I mess it up? By treating my video files the same way as I treat my jpg files.... Creating a new folder for each day's shooting, and simply moving the files into the folder.
I preserved the CLIPINF and STREAM files.. but discard the the rest of the files.
I tried recreating the file structure but that hasn't seemed to work. I'll buy a new card, reformat it, and use that as a template for file structure, but that will take a few days.
So .. I have put the files into the following file structure, but that doesn't seem to work because I have tossed the other supporting files when I "cleaned up" my 8GB Flash Card.
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2: If I can, how do I do it?
3: If I completely destroyed the integrity of my video... let me know that too.. I'll have lost 9 months of work... but it will keep me from screwing up the video on my next trip!
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[email protected]

This may or may not apply, but I recently had this problem as well and found a solution that fixed the camcorder back to its original settings, though it only works if 1) the camera worked with Log and Transfer at some point and 2) you are paranoid like me and saved your raw mts files.
Though I had been using the camera for about a month using Log & Transfer perfectly well I used the Finder to delete all the files, which I thought would be faster than using Delete All in the camcorder. When I turned the recording on the camera said it needed to reformat its Image Database, so I punched Yes. Then after I recorded the L&T window said invalid directory structure.
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I own a cheap-ass MP3 player at the moment which doesn't support this, so that for me is enough reason to buy another one...
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