Cannot import XAVC S/AVCHD with Premiere Pro CC 2019 I am attempting to import XAVC S/AVCHD footage from Sony a6300 camera. It seems the proper way to do this is to use the Media Manager window. 

The issue I am having is that it does not detect it as anything other than files, and the all other options are greyed out in Directory viewer. 


If I try to import entire PRIVATE folder, I get “File Format not supported” errors. 
If I try to import M4ROOT or M4ROOT/CLIP folders I get “The imported reported generic error” for various metadata files like XML files. 


Either way it seems I am loosing metadata. Transcoding is obviously not a good option as you would end up transcoding twice.

This is XAVC S/AVCHD format and uses MP4 container so all files are within M4ROOT folder and AVCHD is empty.

How can I import this format properly with Premiere Pro CC 2019 under Windows?
the same problem encountered here with a different sony handy cam. 
I don't know how to solve the issue but I have a way to get around it.

import both AVCHD file &amp; MP4 file in Premiere Pro and open both in a sequence.
now use video of AVCHD file &amp; Audio from MP4.

\\ I don't want to use video from .mp4 file because its resolution is lower than the AVCHD.