Why does iMovie has clumping in dark areas in events and after export

I coverted some Sony .mts files to .mov's via Wondershare. The .mov previews looked perfect in playback with QuickTime player, so I imported them into events. My importing 'events' preferences are 'original size'.
I didn't see the choppiness in my darks until after I completed the project! I did not finalize the project yet, just exported to Vimeo and facebook.
It shows up pretty well at about 1:20 min
https://vimeo.com/55162309
Is there a way to fix this? What did I do wrong?
Thanks!

The Ray Man wrote:
I coverted some Sony .mts files to .mov's via Wondershare. …  What did I do wrong? …
What you're noticing is called COMPRESSION ARTEFACTS
(I downloaded your original file from vimeo, if this is ok for you)
instead of detail, tiny leaves etc, we see 'posterized' areas, square 'blocks'.
there are diff. methods happening while compression: reducing detail, reducing colors, condensing 'similiar' content to one solid block etc.
What you did wrong?
a) the recording situation was perfect - nothing wrong here, except …
b) was the cam set to maximum quality?
c) manual converting? why that? the intended way is going straight from SDcard into iMovie.
d) conversion anyhow? mts is a wrapper, inside is h264. no conversion needed, just a re-packing into mov.
e) does Wondershare etc convert into ... what? My assumption is h264 in a mov. converting h264 into h264 is a lossy process.
f) … with what settings? (double click such a mov, cmd-i - what is said about bit-rate ? my assumption, some silly low one. in effect: the compression artefacts, which ARE in the original recording (not visible on playback) get MULTIPLIED ... and, on low bit-rate, downgrading the quality.......
g) seems like, you choosed good export settings from within iMovie (720p with 9mbps)
h) Vimeo converts finally again .... (lossy process again)
summarize:
• set your camera to max quality/bit-rate
• avoid Wondershare (and any other converter) by using iMovie as intended
• if manual conversion is needed, only straight from h264.mts to AppleIntermediate (or proRes, if avail)

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