Is there a PC utility to seamlessly join clips that are a part of a single shooting segment? When these clips are dropped directly onto the time line, there is often a glitch between clips. I have used similar utilites on my EX1 and C100 which are very useful.

In your public profile it says you use Sony Vegas Pro.

Under 'View' select 'Device Explorer'. This is the tool to use to import AVCHD clips.
Either have the camera plugged up to the computer directly via USB or insert the flash card
into the computers flash reader. Either way it works a treat. It will do the necessary stitching.

I use it all the time with Sony and Canon cameras.

Thanks Bill, that is very helpful. I have an associate who uses Premiere Pro. Is there a similar function in Premiere Pro?

Thanks Bill, that is very helpful. I have an associate who uses Premiere Pro. Is there a similar function in Premiere Pro?

Probably, but I don't have Premiere so I can't provide advice for that software.

I used the tried-and-true DOS batch file method. Bulletproof on the PC.