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<blockquote data-quote="joema" data-source="post: 1643130" data-attributes="member: 312925"><p>Most likely there is something wrong with that AVCHD package. E.g, it has nothing in it.</p><p></p><p>You can verify this by examining the AVCHD package in Finder. Select the AVCHD package and examine the file size. It may be very small (indicating no contents). If it doesn't show the size do CMD-I.</p><p></p><p>You can also option-click on the file and select "Show package contents", then option-click on BDMV, then double-click on STREAM. That will show you any .MTS files inside.</p><p></p><p>If there are no .MTS files to import, that's why iMovie shows the AVCHD package as greyed out in the import dialog.</p><p></p><p>If this is a thumb drive or some other storage device, the AVCHD package could have been blindly copied from the camera assuming there was something in it, when in fact it had nothing.</p><p></p><p>E.g, this happens on my camcorder which has two SD card slots. I copy the AVCHD package from both SD cards each shooting day, because I never know who used the camera, what cards they used, or how much. The unused cards have a tiny little AVCHD file package with nothing in it, but in the field I don't have time to inspect each one so I copy everything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joema, post: 1643130, member: 312925"] Most likely there is something wrong with that AVCHD package. E.g, it has nothing in it. You can verify this by examining the AVCHD package in Finder. Select the AVCHD package and examine the file size. It may be very small (indicating no contents). If it doesn't show the size do CMD-I. You can also option-click on the file and select "Show package contents", then option-click on BDMV, then double-click on STREAM. That will show you any .MTS files inside. If there are no .MTS files to import, that's why iMovie shows the AVCHD package as greyed out in the import dialog. If this is a thumb drive or some other storage device, the AVCHD package could have been blindly copied from the camera assuming there was something in it, when in fact it had nothing. E.g, this happens on my camcorder which has two SD card slots. I copy the AVCHD package from both SD cards each shooting day, because I never know who used the camera, what cards they used, or how much. The unused cards have a tiny little AVCHD file package with nothing in it, but in the field I don't have time to inspect each one so I copy everything. [/QUOTE]
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