Storing raw sony video footage from camera

hello all...not sure if this is the correct forum. i have about 60gb of raw footage on my sony video camera internal hard drive and i would like to import on and stored it on a dvd. i would like to do this in a way that is uncompressed and is raw and imovie will read it off the dvd so i can edit it down the road. is this possible? the files are .mts. thanks in advance..

Is your footage on a camera or camcorder? iMovie can import most files from most camcorders - see this compatibility list:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3290
You'd have to import directly into iMovie (follow the directions under Help in iMovie). If you want to import it to your desktop, I'm not sure that you can do that from a hard drive camcorder (that's how I import mine, but they're on an SDHC card so I simply put that in the card reader and drag the videos to the desktop). You might want to give it a try by plugging the camcorder into a USB port - if it shows on the desktop, you can just drag the videos over. I don't think that'll work, but it's worth a try; otherwise, check the compatibility list and import the videos into iMovie. You don't have to edit them immediately.
And, if my suggestions don't work, you might want to post in the iMovie forum in order to get more knowledgeable answers.

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