Hi John, Just a thought … Have you tried opening iMovie first BEFORE you connect the Camera. Then connect the Camera, are the files stilled greyed out?
Cheers, Ronni On 15/11/2010, at 1:49 PM, CARLSON John wrote: > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Ronda Brown > Sent: Monday, 15 November 2010 1:29 PM > To: WAMUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: .MTS files and iMovie > > Hi Ronni I’m very pleased to see you giving it some thought for me, although > it would have been better if it had been” Oh yes, all you need to do is...” > No the .MTS files on the HD VIDEO AVCHD SD card are greyed out as they are > with the card reader. > Regards John C > On 15/11/2010, at 1:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > > > On 15/11/2010, at 12:01 PM, CARLSON John wrote: > > > I have been tearing what little hair I have left, out for a few weeks now. > I am using a pretty new card reader to transfer .MTS files from an AVCHD SD > card onto iMovie – video shot using Cannon FS200 HD video camera. > When I use an ordinary AVCHD SD card, (not a HD VIDEO labelled AVCHD SD card) > iMovie recognises the files straight away opens the Import window and allows > me to select the .MTS files I wish to import. > The HD VIDEO labelled AVCHD SD card will display the .MTS files within the > ‘stream folder’ but they are greyed out and apparently not recognised by > iMovie as importable. > I can use a video converter that turns the files into a .MOV that iMovie > recognises and can be imported. This is a slow and unwelcome addition to the > work-flow. > Trying to import files to (Intel) iMac with iMovie ’09. FCE does not > recognise the files from the HD VIDEO card either. Cannot get files straight > from the camera. > Do I need a special card reader for HD VIDEO AVCHD SD cards? Is there a > setting (staring at me)somewhere that I haven’t changed? > Anybody able to help? Regards John c > > Hi John, > > What version of are you using iMovie'08, '09, '11? > > Sorry John you have already mentioned you are using iMovie'09 :-( > > > Do the MTS files import directly from the camera? No! > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
