Doing without Avccam Viewer -- AVCHD file directory structure on PC

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PJS_HMC150

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Got my new pc with Windows 8, and learned that panasonic's proprietary "AVCCAM Viewer" software won't work on windows 8. (Unless there is any work around to get it to work?)

Honestly, I only used the Viewer to transfer the video files from my SDHC card (HMC-150) to the PC in order to edit and render them with Sony Vegas. (Especially on my old PC, Vegas worked faster when operating on files on the hard drive as opposed to files on the SDHC drive.)

The viewer built all the necessay intricate file structure on the C drive for me. (For each project I will create a new root directory with a name I can recognize.) I've assumed there is a reason that whole directory tree is needed on the PC, but maybe that its only needed for the viewer and the camcorder, and not by Vegas after all??

So I can't rely on the Viewer to copy files to my PC anymore. I'm sure there's another way. Do I just use the PC file management app to copy over .mts files, or do I need to copy over the whole directory structure?
 
Ok, thanks. Makes sense.

In terms of logical structure to keep track of a plethora of projects, I should create a grand directory on the hard drive (such as /HMCvideos), then for each project create a subdirectory (say for instance /JanuaryBirthday or something more descriptive) and then under that subdirectory drag in the /Private directory tree from the sdhc card on the E: drive which contains the JanuaryBirthday video files.

This will be easier than using the Avccam viewer. Using that software, I would have to 'create a new folder' like "JanBirthdays", then under JanBirthdays it would create a directory called /AVCCAMVIEWER, and under that it would create a dated directory like /010913_1 and then under that "root directory" it would create begin with the 2 branches of /Misc and /Private.

Seems easier the way you are suggesting. I just wasn't sure if there was a best-practice protocol for storing the files on the harddrive.
 
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