Hi Wamuggers I have bitten the bullet and emailed SanDisk, I'll let you know how I get on. Thanks for all the support so far. John C
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 16 November 2010 12:02 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: .MTS files and iMovie On 16/11/2010, at 11:51 AM, CARLSON John wrote: Hi Ronnie and other wamuggers, Ok have bought a new expensive (relatively)card reader - no luck, I was really hoping this would do the trick. Tried your camera method Ronnie and again disappointed, it keeps telling me the folder is not a camera archive. A difference in the cards I noticed today is that the HD Video SDHC card is a class 4 card and the standard SDHC card is a class 6, not sure if this would make any difference! Oh yes for sure John. /Quote: To help you find the right speed, SD/SDHC cards are broken down into four classes: Class 2, Class 4, Class 6 and Class 10. Class 2 cards offer a minimum sustained data rate of 2 megabytes per second (MBps), Class 4 of 4MBps and Class 6 of 6MBps and Class 10 of 10MBps. Depending on which manufacturer is selling the card, the speed class will either be prominently displayed or buried in the specs. Either way, look for it. For standard definition camcorders, an SD/SDHC card with a Class 2 speed is all you would need. It's fast enough to handle the highest quality standard definition video you can record. For high definition camcorders, you're safest going with a Class 6 card. While you may be tempted to spring for a Class 10 card, you'll be paying for performance you don't need in a digital camcorder. /End Quote <http://camcorders.about.com/od/accessories/a/guide_to_SDHC_camcorder_cards.htm> Cheers, Ronni Log and transfer in FCE does not recognise any files on the HD VIDEO card. Advice about going to Sandisk for help might be the go. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Monday, 15 November 2010 4:12 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: .MTS files and iMovie Hi again John, As I mentioned before about importing into iMovie ... File > Import > "Camera Archive". I know your Camera is a Canon FS200 HD video camera, but this might be relative to your issue. I found it on a Panasonic website in my searching but can't find it again. "Remove the SD card from the camera, insert into the card slot, then in iMovie->File->import->Camera Archive... (the "No Name" SD card will already be selected, with the status "Camera Archive detected")->Import. Do not browse down into the card! - The status will say "Archive Detected - ..." at the root level of the SD card (where you see DCIM/MISC/PRIVATE/). If you click on one of those folders, iMovie will no longer detect the camera archive and will "grey out" the IMPORT button." Did not detect archive at the root level for HD VIDEO card. Picked up and mounted files immediately I swapped the card to the Standard SDHC card. iMovie and FCE both read from card reader and camera when the standard card is inserted in either. Cheers, Ronni On 15/11/2010, at 3:11 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: One reason that a Mac may not read an SDHC card is that it may be plugged into a SD reader, not SDHC (as James has mentioned). But, that doesn't explain why the SDHC card in the Camera is not recognised by iMovie'09. I'm sure you are trying to import correctly by opening iMovie > Import from Camera or Import Camera Archive. On 15/11/2010, at 3:01 PM, CARLSON John wrote: Yes Ronnie this has been an on-going issue and I have tried every combination of connection. John c From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Monday, 15 November 2010 1:59 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: .MTS files and iMovie 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]> [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]> ________________________________ Carmel School does not accept direct or indirect responsibility for any opinions reflected herein. The contents of this email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. Any unauthorised use of the contents is expressly prohibited. 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