Video Conversion for iMovie

Hi All
I am a new mac user and need to find a 3rd party converter for my .m2ts video files that I had transferred from my old PC to the new iMac. I purchased iskysoft video converter at the suggestion the apple store tech but I am having problems with it. iskysoft will convert the .m2ts video clips to .mp4 but when I import those into iMovie, they are getting corrupted. The imported .mp4 videos will play in iMovie for a little while and then they disappear leaving grey squares.
I am hoping for a free converter but will pay for one that is known to work well. Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
stew4

Two that are good are Voltaic HD and ClipWrap.

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I do have struggles though in general, part of which originates from my camera itself.
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