Comment 4 for bug 695517

hi, as i face the same problem, i wonder what information do you need to extract from the file to do an import? i just found http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ which is able to extract this information of one of my files:

ExifTool Version Number : 8.50
File Name : 00000.MTS
Directory : .
File Size : 8.5 MB
File Modification Date/Time : 2011:06:05 14:12:27+02:00
File Permissions : rwxr-xr-x
File Type : M2TS
MIME Type : video/m2ts
Video Stream Type : H.264 Video
Audio Stream Type : A52/AC-3 Audio
Audio Bitrate : 192 kbps
Surround Mode : Not indicated
Audio Channels : 2
Date/Time Original : 2011:06:05 13:28:27+00:00
Make : Panasonic
Audio Sample Rate : 48000

would that be enough?

let me know, if there is a way, i can help!
tom