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IMovie Help: .mts and .cpi files?

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barberdude
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I got a ton of footage given to me from a Canon Vixia HFS100 camera. The HD footage was saved to a PC and then I transfered it to my Mac using an external hard drive. The files are .mts and .cpi. I can't get them to play or import into iMovie. I don't have any other software at the moment and need to figure out how to get them into iMovie.

Anyone have this problem and know some solutions??????
15 years ago
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barberdude
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bump
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barberdude
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Help?
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JRullo
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I have the same problem, but no help. bump
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Sharpbrick
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.mts files in know play and can be edited on adobe premiere elements but that would cost you around $80 to get it.  i use this and it is great for the price and there is a mac version however it does not support .cpi

on mac mts should work with Apple Final Cut Pro but that is different from imovie and costs something like $1000
hope this helps i will look in to it some more if you like
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barberdude
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Thanks for the info! I was guessing I would need other software, but I really don't have the money to get them now. Anyone have any ideas on how to trick iMovie into importing the files like they're coming straight from the camera? If I'm not mistaken, the files would import or be read by iMovie if they came straight from the actual camera not just sharing the files from storage devices like I did.
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barberdude
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ok this is my last bump

Anyone have this problem and fixed it?
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=nick=
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i have this same same problem...does anyone have wondershare and i could use ur email/password? i just need to convert some files and ill be done. really wanna start editing my hood footy.
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leahey
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There a quite a few programs that do this, but they cost around $30, not expensive, but pretty stupid considering you would probably not use it a lot. Good convert MTS files to AVi for mac
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navierSTOKED
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I use iSkysoft. The quality is not great, and I think it's watermarked, but it's free
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newperterblack
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From what I understand (I could be wrong) but "The .CPI file format is a camcorder clip information file. These files contain no actual video information, instead they are created with an .MTS file which holds the actual video data.

So just import the mts to imovie, if the MTS cannot be imported to imovie, you may refer to the following step by step guide on How to Convert M2T/M2TS/MTS for Successfully Import to iMovie?
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eheath
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first post and a 3 year old bump, sick haha

if anyone actually has this issue, i can help
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VT_scratch
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word I have an old single mts file I need to convert. trying to open it into premiere now wel see what happens. pretty sure Ive played it in vlc before though
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VT_scratch
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worked quick and easy
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