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iMovie 08 & mst files Uhhohhh!!!!

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I think I may have just messed myself up. I copies all the mts files from my camcorders SD card to an external HDD for editing later. I just found out iMovie can't read mts files, only directly imported from the camera. I've since deleted and re-formatted to the SD card for more video.

These were videos from my son's birth we intended to memorialize. My wife is gonna have my head if I can't restore / edit these.

PLEASE HELP...
 
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If you create a disk image and put your files on it (in the same directory layout as they were on the SD card), iMovie will see it as a camera and you'll be able to import them.
 
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MovieGuy08 said:
If you create a disk image and put your files on it (in the same directory layout as they were on the SD card), iMovie will see it as a camera and you'll be able to import them.
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OK, I understand...but doesn't iMovie require all the 'other' files that the camera produces in those directories in order to import them? I just have the mts files only.
 
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You need the whole directory structure. All the other files are used to locate the data in the mts files...
 
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MovieGuy08 said:
You need the whole directory structure. All the other files are used to locate the data in the mts files...
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I used an SD card reader and copied the MTS file back to the 'Stream' folder..the folder where the camera stores the MTS files.

I remounted and nothing happened. It would not recognize the MTS file. Under 'normal' circumstances, inserting the card reader and mounting it with iMovie running automatically brings up the import window.

I'm sure that due to the other generated files being non-existent, iMovie won't import.

I'll try again, but I'm sure it doesn't work
 

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