Unable to import AVCHD (BMDV) movies to photos app since High Sierra update

Thanks-will try iPhoto, I am sure it will work. The new Photos on the Mac has been a nightmare.

Thank you so much for the advise and help. Appreciate the "work arounds"!

Thanks b.art. This worked like a charm. I had a 2011 version of this Codec in my library. Once I removed the file and rebooted everything started working again.

This was a GREAT, FAST solution, and worked instantly! Thanks, mate!

Since the conversion to High Sierra this is a major problem. IF you still have iPhoto on your Macbook computer the "fix" is easy for us non-techies. Just use iPhoto to get your videos into the computer and then transfer them to Photos.

1. Close Photo and open iPhoto. Attach camera to computer via USB port
2. You should now see all of your new photos and videos on the screen.
3. Highlight those videos you want to import into iPhoto [You will import these into Photo as noted below].
4. Now click on Import Selected and the videos will now be in iPhoto as “Last Import”
5. Highlight the videos you want to move into Photo and right click. Choose “Copy”.
6. Minimize [or close] iPhoto and place the cursor on the desktop. Right click “Paste” and your videos are now on the Desktop.
7. Open Photos
8. At top left click File/Import and choose your source from the center top drop down list to Desktop.
9. From Desktop find the videos you want to import and highlight them. Then click lower right where it says Review for Import
10. You will now see your videos in Photo and they are ready to import
11. Click on “Import New Videos” and now they will be in Photo as the most recent import.
12. From here you can drag into an existing album or start a new album.

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It worked for me, though I was dealing with videos and not moving to Imovie, just dragging to the desktop.

Procedure (via user b.art):

Check if you have an older A52Codec.component installed in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components. Remove it as AC3/A52 codecs are build-in to macOS nowadays. After rebooting, AVCHD import should work fine again.

Note I did this but also did an NVRAM reset prior, which may have also helped. Try the above, if it doesn't work do the NVRAM reset and then try the above again.

NVRAM reset procedure (write this down or take a photo with your phone as you have to turn off your computer to do it):

• Shut down your Mac.
• Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R.
• Turn on your Mac.
• Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys immediately after you hear the startup sound.
• Hold these keys until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for a second time.
• Release the keys.

I still have my old iPhoto.app on my iMac. it works fine. Also if I import from the SD card to iMovie there is no sound with the video clips.