Copying and Pasting AVCHD .MTS files in OSX 10.9

chromeboy007

chromeboy007

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Hey I got an annoying little issue with OSX 10.9. The AVCHD folder is no longer a folder on the OX, when you click on it it opens all the .MTS files in QT. And it won't let me copy individual files. How do I get around it?

Thanks
 
Alternatively, I don't recommend stripping the MTS files out of the AVCHD container. Are you using Premiere? If so, just duplicate the whole card to a folder, and you can import the AVCHD file itself into Premiere.
 
Hi Josh, from time to time I only need a couple of files from a card with like 100 files. I always dump all the content from a card onto the computer to edit a project but there are times when you just wish to pull a few clips from the project (for your demo reel, for instance) some time down the road.
 
jshbckr said:
Alternatively, I don't recommend stripping the MTS files out of the AVCHD container. Are you using Premiere? If so, just duplicate the whole card to a folder, and you can import the AVCHD file itself into Premiere.
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Why, exactly?
 
There is metadata contained inside which is beneficial. One major reason is If you have a long take that is multiple file and you pull them out of the avchd container and then try to patch them together on a timeline you'll notice frames missing between clips, whereas if you move the whole avchd you don't have that problem.... I don't know the technical reasons, but it sure was scary the first time I tried it.
 
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