Problems importing .mts files to organizer

I just installed Photoshop Elements and Premier Elements 9. I imported all my pictures and itworked fine. However, the organizer immediately stopped working and closed after I imported my .mts video files. When I try to restart the organizer, it starts up and then immediately freezes and I get a "Elements 9 organizer has stopped working" message and then it shuts down again.
I tried dragging the .mts files directly into the organizer and if I only do one it works fine. However, I get the same error when I try adding a second .mts file the same way. I'm running Windows 7 with 9GB of RAM and an Intel i7 930 processor, so hardware shouldn't be a problem. The videos also run fine on other software, so I'm pretty sure they're not corrupted. I also tried uninstalling both programs and then reinstalling them, but I get the same error. Any ideas on what the problem is or a fix? Tech support couldn't help me and it will be very frustrating if I can't use the organizer for my videos.

I also have a Canon HF200 Camcorder that uses .mts files and just purchased Premiere Elements 8 two months ago. The .mts files will download to the organizer without problem, but both the downloader and the organizer show blank thumbnails. This makes it very difficult to know which clips you are looking at without previewing them first. I have tried converting to .m2ts files, as some suggested, but this does not work either.
I just read of the release of Premiere Elements 9, Has this problem been fixed in Premiere Elements 9?
I am using a new computer with an i7 920 @ 2.67GHz on Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.
Thanks.

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>is it safe to say
Yes, it is completely safe to say that your Pentium 4 computer will not edit AVCHD smoothly... and, you can't just replace the CPU, you need an entirely new computer
My CS5/AVCHD 1st Impressions http://forums.adobe.com/thread/652694?tstart=0 includes a link to the computer I built... since the GTX 285 is no longer sold, I would now go with a GTX 460 or whatever is the current "best bang for the buck" - AND I would buy 4Gig-by-3Sticks memory to be able to expand from 12Gig to 24Gig if needed
For my home hobbyist, family movies (which means that I am not trying to recreate Star Wars with video effects or many layers) AVCHD editing is "as smooth as spreading warm butter on hot toast" (also the MP4 video from wife's Flip camera)
My 3 hard drives are configured as...
1 - 320Gig Boot for Win7 64bit Pro and all program installs
2 - 320Gig data for Win7 swap file and video project files
3 - 1Terabyte data for all video files... input & output files (*)
(*) for 4 drives, drive 3 all source files & drive 4 all output files
Search Microsoft to find out how to redirect your Windows swap file
http://search.microsoft.com/search.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US
Trying to use only ONE Hard Drive for Video Editing
You are a music conductor, with a baton that you use to point to various parts of the orchestra... this is like Windows pointing to various parts of the hard drive to do Windows housekeeping or to load program segments for various functions
Now, at the same time and with the same hand... while still using the baton to conduct the orchestra... pick up a bow and play a fiddle... this would be doing something with your video file at the same time as all the other work
You as a person cannot do both at the same time with the same hand
A computer is a LITTLE better, in that it can switch from one kind of task to another very quickly... but not quickly enough for EASY video editing
You need AT LEAST two hard drives (separate drives, never a partition http://forums.adobe.com/thread/650708?tstart=0 for more) with Windows (or Mac OS) and software on your boot drive, and video files on a 2nd drive so the boot drive is not slowed down by trying to do everything
I find that the three drives I use work very well for me, for editing AVCHD video... some people use a 4th drive, so video INPUT files are on drive three and all OUTPUT files are on drive four... I only bought a mid-tower case instead of a full tower case (my bad... but had to fit in the space available on my office desk!) so I use the three drives that will fit
Depending on your exact hardware (motherboard brand & model AND USB2 enclosure brand & model AND external hard drive brand & model) AND the type of video file, you may... or may NOT... be able to use an external USB2 hard drive for SD (Standard Definition) video editing
Steve Grisetti in the Premiere Elements forum http://forums.adobe.com/thread/856208?tstart=0 and Jim Simon in the Premiere Pro forum http://forums.adobe.com/thread/856433?tstart=0 use USB externals for editing
A USB3 hard drive connected to a motherboard with USB3 is supposed to be fast enough for video editing (I don't have such, so don't know) but eSata DOES have a fast enough data transfer for video editing... I have not used this eSata Dock... for reference only, YMMV and all the usual disclaimers
http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-BlacX-eSATA-Docking-Station/dp/B001A4HAFS/ref=cm_cmu_pg_ t
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Importing MTS Files into organizer

I have about 70 files that are .MTS without the directory structure. When I important them into organizer, they are vertically stretched. How can I fix this?
I have a feeling this question has been answered, but after 45 minutes of searching the forums I was unable to find it.
Regards,
Fan

Fan,
Welcome to the forum.
Unfortunately, you have posted to the Tips & Tricks sub-forum, which is basically a repository for articles on how to do things in Premiere, and gets very few "eyes." Maybe our MOD, Steve Grisetti, can move this out to the main forum, so that more can see it, and can help.
I do not use MTS material, so am not an expert in this area. However, if footage is being stretched, or squeezed, it is usually an issue with the PAR (Pixel Aspect Ratio), and Premiere not picking up the flag for the footage correctly. See this ARTICLE for more background. Usually, one can use Interpret Footage in the Project Panel, to force Premiere to "see" the correct PAR.
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Hunt

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I am in Organizer trying to download a video file (MTS) from a memory card. The file shows up for me to select when I do the File > Get Photos & Videos > From Camera or Card Reader. I select it and click done. Then I get the message "Files Successfully Copied" with the message that Organizer will now import the file into the catalog. It asks if I just want to see the catalog entries that were imported. I click Yes. I get a window saying "Getting Media". That window stays up for a few seconds then goes away along with the whole Organizer task.
When I restart Organizer I get a dialog box saying Files Ready for Import. New files have been downloaded and will now be imported. It then asks again if I just want to see catalog entires that were just imported. I say Yes. Again it says Getting Media for a couple of seconds then Organizer again shuts down with no error message.
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Mike is having some trouble posting in this thread (and I am too), but he sent me a PM with what he wanted to say:
OK. I think I might have a positive answer for you.
I was getting lost in the upper ASCII characters you showed. In your test file I never could see any--a case of not seeing the trees for the forest.
Your quote marks are getting dropped in your test file. Now, this may or may not affect other factors but it does in some further testing. I believe ID has an issue with dropping quote marks even in a plain ASCII file if the marks are at the beginning of a sentence and the file is tab delimited. Call it a bug.
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Also, I think you are going to have to use proper quote marks throughout, or change them in the exported tab-delimited file. Best to have a correct source, though.
Here is your sample ZIPped up. I think it works properly. But then again, I think I might be bleary-eyed by now.
http://www.wenzloffandsons.com/temp/merge_psalms_utf-16.zip
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Did anybody experience problem with mts files being properly read (video and audio) in organizer, but once imported in PrE9.0 only video is imported.
I guess if they are properly read in organizer, this means that the appropriate codec is installed on my system (Win 7 ultimate 64bits).
So why only video is imported?
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ID de menu
: 1 (0x1)
Format
: AVC
Format/Info
: Advanced Video Codec
Profil du format
: [email protected]
Paramètres du format, CABAC
: Oui
Paramètres du format, RefFrames : 2 images
Paramètres du format, GOP
: M=2, N=13
Identifiant du codec
: 27
Durée
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Type de débit
: Variable
Débit
: 10,8 Mb/s
Débit maximum
: 16,0 Mb/s
Largeur
: 1 440 pixels
Hauteur
: 1 080 pixels
Format à l'écran
: 16/9
Images par seconde
: 25,000 Im/s
Espace de couleurs
: YUV
Sous-échantillonnage de la chrom : 4:2:0
Profondeur des couleurs
: 8 bits
Type d'image
: Entrelacé
Ordre des images
: Ligne du haut d'abord
Bits/(Pixel*Image)
: 0.277
Taille du flux
: 36,6 Mio (90%)
Audio
ID
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ID de menu
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Format
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: Audio Coding 3
Extension du mode
: CM (complete main)
Identifiant du codec
: 129
Durée
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Type de débit
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Débit
: 448 Kbps
Canaux
: 6 canaux
Position des cannaux
: Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Echantillonnage
: 48,0 KHz
Profondeur des couleurs
: 16 bits
Mode de compression
: Avec perte
Délai par rapport Vidéo
: -80ms
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Texte
ID
: 4608 (0x1200)
ID de menu
: 1 (0x1)
Format
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Identifiant du codec
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Durée
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Délai par rapport Vidéo
: -80ms
1920x1080
Général
ID                               : 0 (0x0)
Nom complet                      : C:\Users\Jean-Yves\Videos\Corps Juin-Sept 2011\00190.MTS
Format                           : BDAV
Format/Info                      : Blu-ray Video
Taille du fichier                : 51,8 Mio
Durée                            : 25s 504ms
Type de débit global             : Variable
Débit global moyen               : 17,0 Mb/s
Débit global maximum             : 18,0 Mb/s
Vidéo
ID                               : 4113 (0x1011)
ID de menu                       : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Profil du format                 : [email protected]
Paramètres du format, CABAC      : Oui
Paramètres du format, RefFrames : 2 images
Paramètres du format, GOP        : M=2, N=13
Identifiant du codec             : 27
Durée                            : 25s 400ms
Type de débit                    : Variable
Débit                            : 15,9 Mb/s
Débit maximum                    : 16,0 Mb/s
Largeur                          : 1 920 pixels
Hauteur                          : 1 080 pixels
Format à l'écran                 : 16/9
Images par seconde               : 25,000 Im/s
Espace de couleurs               : YUV
Sous-échantillonnage de la chrom : 4:2:0
Profondeur des couleurs          : 8 bits
Type d'image                     : Entrelacé
Ordre des images                 : Ligne du haut d'abord
Bits/(Pixel*Image)               : 0.306
Taille du flux                   : 48,1 Mio (93%)
Audio
ID                               : 4352 (0x1100)
ID de menu                       : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Extension du mode                : CM (complete main)
Identifiant du codec             : 129
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Type de débit                    : Constant
Débit                            : 448 Kbps
Canaux                           : 6 canaux
Position des cannaux             : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Echantillonnage                  : 48,0 KHz
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I am currently using iMovie, but iMovie doesn't recognise the .MTS files that my Panasonic AG-HMC41E produces.
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As far as I have heard, transcoding to Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) makes a file that scarcely looks different from the original MTS; I should remind you that if you were able to ingest the MTS files directly into iMovie or Final Cut Express, they will do the same thing - transcode to Apple Intermediate Codec; they're just doing it within the interface of a capturing process. When they are ready for editing, they are now AIC. An app like Streamclip or ClipWrap is just helping you get this done outside of FCE or iMovie.
ClipWrap 2 can rewrap your mts file as a MOV and leave it untouched - quality is the same. However, FCE won't edit that without having to render a lot. It's best to transcode it to AIC.
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It seems like you shouldn't have to convert the files in case there is any loss in quality or file info. If you've only saved the .mts files to your hard drive you might try re-loading them onto the camera using the software that came with the HF100 (i forget was this is called and whether it even works on a Mac - i used a PC). The file structure will be reestablished and then the mac should be able to read it, whether the camera is plugged into the computer via usb, or if you plug the SD card into the usb port.
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Importing .mts files not nested in original camera folder structure

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Is there any way to import .mts files already copied to a hard drive, without keeping the camera's folder structure intact, into Premiere Pro CS5.5?
The long version:
I recently purchased an iMac. For years I edited video on Windows using Sony Vegas and Vegas Home Studio. My camera, the Panasonic Lumix TS2, shoots AVCHD video. Vegas has no problem importing and editing AVCHD .mts files from a camera or a hard drive so it wasn't until I attempted to edit some video in Premiere Pro, recieved the "unsupported compressions type" error message and did some searching that I realized folder structure is so critial to working with AVCHD. From what I can tell, the files have to be in the PRIVATE>AVCHD>BDMV>STREAM>xxxxxxx.mts confirguration to be imported via the media browser.
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Yo! I used to have this problem for about 1 year!! And fixed it about half a year ago and I have never been as happy when I fixed it!
Be sure that your sequence settings are set to the right settings: When you create a new sequence you should be promped with a window asking what settings you want. Open the "AVCHD" folder and there should be 3 folders; 1080p, 1080i, 720p. Pick the one that you filmed at, I film at 1080p, so I open that folder and then you pick the right setting to what you filmed your scene. I film at 24 fps so i pick AVCHD 1080p24 (non-anamorphic). Now there should be a new sequence with the right settings (don't use the same settings as I do unless you have filmed at the same frame rate and that it was filmed at 1080p or 1080i, there is a big difference between "p" and "i"). If you go in to the window in the bottom left corner there should be a tab on that box that says "Media Browser". Click it and the directory to your computer should be shown. If you have your SD card connected there should be something called SD card (or if you have renamed it then it is obvious what you should select). After selecting it there should be a folder called AVCHD and you open it up. This is where it gets tricky... because I don't know what camera you use and don't have any experience with your camera then you will have to go through all the folders that are within the AVCHD folder. They are not so many but in the folder where all the clips are hidden they should be called 00626.mts for example. Then you just select the clips you want to import and import them. This process can also be done by opening Finder (mac) or on PC just open up the same way and select the clips you want and drag them i to your project window
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I have been searching for an answer to this question and no one seemed to have an answer. There is however a very easy work around thanks to the poster RodrigoPoloDOTcom.
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FAQ: How do I troubleshoot audio issues when importing .MTS files?

Hello. The link FAQ: How do I troubleshoot audio issues when importing .MTS files?
does not work, and i need the answer please. My imported MTS clips are not playing back audio because it seems that no audio imported with the video. Thanks, Don.

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Audio plays when the object with the audio assigned appears. This is why you hear it when the Button appears.
Try assigning the audio instead to the object that appears when you click the button. Perhaps the caption.
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I am on a 13 inch mac book pro, my first apple product, just got it a week ago and trying to get used to it
Thanks , Tom

Got it now.Your hint about importing from the top level of the file system makes sense, and yes I was not importing correctly from the camera. I was triying to import manaully by searching for the sream file and selecting the mts files on there. when I tryed imporing from the inernal memory of the camera and not from the sd card it worked just fine. Thanks
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I just bought the Master Collection but I am getting the box sent to me via mail so while I am waiting I am using the trial version. Anyways I tried importing MTS files from my hard drive and I am getting the following error - "file has an unsupported compression type." Is this because of the trial version? Will this work as soon as I get my serial number and officially register the product? Thanks in advance.
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Will this work as soon as I get my serial number and officially register the product?
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