IMovie (even the current one) can't work directly with the.mts file. When you recorded the video, the camera created a folder structure including the.mts files and other info, and iMovie needs the full folder to make sense of the.mts file. If you don't like Voltaic, try MPEG Streamclip (free). You will find yourself limited by the fact that your Mac is non-Intel.

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It just can't handle the processing load of AVCHD. You can use MPEG Streamclip to create a format that iMovie HD can handle. By the way, it's not surprising that the Voltaic output was much bigger. The whole issue with AVCHD is that it's incredibly compressed, so much so that iMovie can't handle the process of uncompressing, making edits etc in a sensible time-scale.

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Using Voltaic (or anything else) turns it into a much less compressed format that iMovie can work with. Andreamad wrote: Can I try to copy the.mts files back to the sd card and try to download directly from the camera to the new imovie?? Could that work?? No, unfortunately - unless you've kept the whole AVCHD folder structure together. When you're camera records, it puts files into a set of folders with a folder called AVCHD at the top level.

If you just copy that and all its subfolders to disk, iMovie can usually deal with it. But if you separate the.mts files, iMovie can't make sense of them any more. Hence using intermediate software. Your Mac is easily tough enough to handle AVCHD, and so you could upgrade to iMovie 09 OK - but that won't help with the problem you have with this current set of files. Try MPEG Streamclip - it.s free after all, and it will solve the problem.

In future, if you have multiple SD cards, you could simply stick the card in a card reader and have iMovie pull from that - although connecting direct to the camera as you suggest is also fine. I downloaded a sample of shedworx tool but it converted a 20 MB video in.MTS to a 100 MB.MOV. I would like to know if perhaps the latest imovie Program will read the file (.MTS) and work just like that.

With my imovie when I try to import the videos with the camera conected to my computer it sends me a message that says more or less: 'the resolution will be lowered because imovie can't work with it' Is the cameras resolution is too much for my actual imovie? Will the newest version will be able to maintain a Full HD? Is there any other software that I can Use on my mac to edit with kind of resolution?

IMovie (even the current one) can't work directly with the.mts file. When you recorded the video, the camera created a folder structure including the.mts files and other info, and iMovie needs the full folder to make sense of the.mts file. If you don't like Voltaic, try MPEG Streamclip (free). You will find yourself limited by the fact that your Mac is non-Intel. It just can't handle the processing load of AVCHD. You can use MPEG Streamclip to create a format that iMovie HD can handle. By the way, it's not surprising that the Voltaic output was much bigger.

The whole issue with AVCHD is that it's incredibly compressed, so much so that iMovie can't handle the process of uncompressing, making edits etc in a sensible time-scale. Using Voltaic (or anything else) turns it into a much less compressed format that iMovie can work with. Andreamad wrote: Can I try to copy the.mts files back to the sd card and try to download directly from the camera to the new imovie?? Could that work?? No, unfortunately - unless you've kept the whole AVCHD folder structure together. When you're camera records, it puts files into a set of folders with a folder called AVCHD at the top level.

If you just copy that and all its subfolders to disk, iMovie can usually deal with it. But if you separate the.mts files, iMovie can't make sense of them any more. Hence using intermediate software. Your Mac is easily tough enough to handle AVCHD, and so you could upgrade to iMovie 09 OK - but that won't help with the problem you have with this current set of files.

Try MPEG Streamclip - it.s free after all, and it will solve the problem. In future, if you have multiple SD cards, you could simply stick the card in a card reader and have iMovie pull from that - although connecting direct to the camera as you suggest is also fine. Apple Footer • This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site. All postings and use of the content on this site are subject to the.