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  • Friday, September 04, 2009 2:35 AMbruce20098 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    How to convert MTS or M2TS to iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, etc. workable formats on Mac and Windows?

    People often encounter setbacks while importing the video files from their blu-ray disks or camcorders in formats of .m2ts or .mts for playback on their iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP or some other common used mobile players. Factually, the only way to solve these issues is converting MTS and M2TS files to those formats that are supportable by portable devices. This article now aims to introduce you how to convert MTS or M2TS to iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, etc. workable formats on both Mac and Windows.

    Part 1: About MTS/M2TS

    To explain MTS/M2TS clearly, AVCHD has to be mentioned at first. AVCHD is a tapeless HD format developed by Sony and Panasonic in May, 2006. AVCHD video is compressed in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format, and it supports 720p, 1080i, 1080p, etc. At the same time, AVCHD audio is stored in compressed form Dolby AC-3. Well, what is the relationship between AVCHD and MTS/M2TS? If you are attentive enough, you will find AVCHD is with file extension .mts on camcorder and with .m2ts after importing to computer. Briefly speaking, MTS and M2TS are the formats that used by AVCHD camcorders to record footages. In addition, Blu-ray disc also reserve video files in the format of M2TS.

    Part 2: How to convert MTS or M2TS to iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, etc. workable formats on Mac?

    This article aims to tell you how to convert MTS or M2TS to iPod, iPhone, etc. compatible formats with. If you are an above question asker, please read on the following step-by-step guide at will.

    1. Install and run Pavrube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac

    Once you’ve run it, a sky-blue interface will appear as follow:

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    2. Import MTS or M2TS files to it, as well as set output format and destination folder
    Click “Add” to import MTS or M2TS files, and at the same time, you can click the drop-down list of “Format” to select whatever format you need, like MP4 for iPod, iPhone, WMV for Zune player, or some other formats, what you should choose is depending on which format your portable device is supporting. Also, you can click “Browse” to decide where to load the output files. Moreover, if you want to integrate several files to be one single file, you can check “Merge into one file”.

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    3. Set advanced settings

    If you have higher expectations about the resulted file, you can click “Settings” to adjust the parameters of video or audio on the below window. For example, you can set the screen size of the output videos, or change bit rate to adjust the quality or size of the output files.

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    4. Convert

    Click button “Convert”, you will see the following window. It shows you the converting process as well as generated size and estimated size of the converting file, so that you can make sure if there ere enough space on your Mac to save the output files.

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    Part 2: How to convert MTS or M2TS to iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, etc. workable formats on Windows?

    1. Install and run Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter

    Once you’ve run it, a main interface will appear as follow:

    main_interface.jpg

    2. Import MTS or M2TS files to it, as well as set output format and destination folder

    Click “Add” to import MTS or M2TS files, and at the same time, you can click the drop-down list of “Format” to select whatever format you need, like MP4 for iPod, iPhone, WMV or AVI for BlackBerry, or some other formats, what you should choose is depending on which format your portable device is supporting. Also, you can click the output folder to decide where to load the output files. Moreover, if you want to join several files to be a single file, you can check “Merge into one file”.

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    3. Set advanced settings

    If you have higher expectations about the resulted file, you can click “Settings” to adjust the parameters of video or audio on the below window. For example, you can set the screen size of the output videos, or change bit rate to adjust the quality or size of the output files.

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    4. Convert
    Click button “Convert”, you will see the following window. It shows you the converting process as well as generated size and estimated size of the converting file, so that you can make sure if there ere enough space on your PC to save the output files.

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    Tips:

    1. Conversion speed is 1-2 times faster than the similar converters. Batch conversion can be done in a few minutes.

    2. Merge multiple files into one file is also available.

    3. Video and audio match very well.

    4. With exception of adding text as watermark, images, GIF animations, and videos can also be added as watermarks to realize the picture-in-picture effect.

    5. “Trim” function enables you to select certain video clips to convert. And you can also take advantage of the “Crop” function to remove black edges and change the screen size.

    6. Specific effect models are provided, such as “Simple gauss blur”, “Simple laplacian sharpen”, “Aged film”, “Flip color”, and “Invert”.

    7. Built-in codec will not install any codec on your computer, so as to avoid the unexpected codec problem.

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  • Tuesday, September 08, 2009 1:21 AMjason4586 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     

    Thanks so much for sharing!

    This software - super fast conversion speed and excellent image and sound quality.

  • Sunday, September 13, 2009 12:49 PMkaghhelen Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    M2TS converter is an excellent M2TS video conversion software which can convert M2TS video files to all popular video files including AVI, VOB, WMV, MPEG, MP4, iPod, MOV, M4V, FLV, 3GP on Windows with excellent output quality and high conversion speed. Besides, it also can convert to various audio formats like MP3 , WAV, WMA, AAC, AC3, OGG, APE, M4A , etc. And what is M2TS? M2TS is a Sony high definition video file type. M2TS files are raw AVCHD videos recorded using Sony's camcorders, such as the HDR-SR1 and HDR-SR5 models. Panasonic, Canon and other brands of AVCHD camcorders also record in M2TS format. With this easy-to-use M2TS Converter , you can edit and adjust the video settings, Futuremore, , this poweful tool can let you playback your converted files on all popular portable players such as iPod, iPhone, Archos, video mobile phone, Zune, PSP, etc. All conversions Key Features of M2Ts converter for windows users: *Convert almost all Video formats- supports all popular video formats such as WMV, AVI, MPEG, DivX, MP4, MOV, XviD, 3GP, VOB, FLV, etc. *Convert Video to Audio, Audio to Audio-supports extract the audio track from your video files to popular audio formats such as MP3, WAV, AAC, AC3, M4A, etc with high sound quality. *Support the most popular players-convert videos for iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, Zune, PSP, Pocket PC, Creative Zen, Archos, and other Video players and audio players. *Crop video, Trim video , Merge file *Various video and audio settings *Preview-Before conversion, you can preview your video files *Easy to use
  • Saturday, November 07, 2009 6:13 AMbluraydisc Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    As the users of Panasonic HDC-DX3,we will have problems to make our mts files to youtube.com.Now I find the MTS Video Converter to convert mts files to FLV. Then we can share our videos with our friends on youtube.com.
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