Panasonic lumix avchd wont play movies correctly in imovies

Does anyone know why when i import a movie recorded in avchd from my panasonic lumix camera, into imovies 09 , it plays the movie really fast and skips frames etc.
The sound doesn't match either.The sound is played at normal speed but the video is playing at double the speed,.
If you know how to fix it , could you please explain it like your talking to a 5 year old. The camera and the computer are both only purchased july 09. Cheers. Brendan

This may or may not help you, but I have read that the ZS3 records at 30fps but it outputs at 60fps through frame doubling. I am not sure exactly how it does this but I believe it is a flag.
I have also read that iMovie does not read the flags correctly to frame double the clip which is why your 39 second clip is outputting at double the speed and completing in 20 seconds.
I also read that it is possible to get iMovie to correct this, but I can not remember the precise steps. You may google for it. Basically it goes like this. You import the movie using iMovie and save it. Then close iMovie. Then you select the movie and (and this is the bit I do not remember) somehow modify a frame rate setting to correct it from 30fps to 60fps. Then open iMovie again and apparently it plays correctly.
Sorry I could not be more help, but god luck with google and hopefully I have given you a few pointers to follow up on.

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