I'm trying to figure out a robust workflow for working with AVCHD media in Premiere Pro. Each way I turn I find a hole in the workflow that meas it's unusable.
If I want to use the native AVCHD footage, all is well until I want to move it to another system, or retrieve the project from an archive. At this point Premiere asks me wher 00000.mts is. Great! WHICH 00000.mts file does it have in mind? With native footage and multiple cards I seem to have multiple 00000.mts files and I have no idea which one it has in mind! I've made a request that they add the tape name to the open dialog but I'm not holding my breath!
If I rename the source files prior to import it no longer joins the (leaving me with lots of files).
If I try to transcode it (using AME) I get all the little files instead iof a jioned file.
If instead of choosing (possibly the wrong) 00000.mts file I say take offline, then when I can see the project browser and the tape names I can relink to the original media, it erases the tape name / shot / angle etc I had for every file in Premiere Pro. Arrgghh!!!!
-- so heres the question --
What exactly is the right way to do this with native AVCHD media ?
-- OR --
What is the right way to transcode the AVCHD footage (within the adobe suite) so that it's all joined in to single files that I can then rename to unique file names?