How to Convert TS/MTS/M2TS and Other AVCHD Files to AVI, MP4, WMV, etc. On Windows 7 and Snow Leopard
TS, MTS, M2TS are the HD file formats. TS is one of the popular video file format specially for some digital camcorder. M2TS or MTS is a Sony high definition video file type. M2TS files are raw AVCHD videos recorded mainly by Sony's camcorders.
How to convert TS/MTS/M2TS files to popular video formats such as AVI, MPEG, MP4, etc.? You will need a DVD/Video Converter (Windows Version/Mac Version) to convert TS to AVI, convert MTS to WMV, convert M2TS to MPEG, convert TS to MP4 so that you can put them on your Windows Movie Maker, iMove, iPod, iPhone, and other potable players. Any DVD Converter Professional is a versatile DVD and Video converter. It not only converts TS, MTS, M2TS and other AVCHD file formats, but also supports converting many other popular formats including DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, AVI to MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, 3GP, FLV, etc. to to AVI, WMV, MPEG-I/II, 3GP, 3G2, MP4, MKV, MP3, AAC, etc., which's playable on your iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch, Apple TV, Zune, PSP, PS3, Walkman, Archos, Creative Zen, iRiver PMP, Sandisk Sansa and other portable video device, 3GP phone, MP4/MP3 player, PS3, wii, Xbox360 and so on. Any DVD Converter Professional Download Links: Windows Version: http://www.any-video-converter.com/any-dvd-converter.exe Mac Intel Version: http://www.any-video-converter.com/adc_mac_intel.dmg Mac PPC Version: http://www.any-video-converter.com/adc_mac_ppc.dmg
Guide: How to convert TS/MTS/M2TS and other video files on Windows 7 and Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.6:
Step 1: Click “Add Video” buttons to browse the TS/MTS/M2TS files from your hard disk. You can also simply drag-and-drop the HD video files to the program. If you insert a DVD disc to your DVD driver, the contents of the DVD will be automatically added to the program. Please note that Any DVD Converter cannot rip all copy protected DVDs, so you may need to use DVDSmith Movie Backup, which is a free DVD movie backup application tool, to copy the Full Disc to your computer hard drive first, and then click menu File >Add DVD Folder to import the DVD backup folder to Any DVD Converter.
With a wide range of supported video formats, Any DVD Converter Professional can convert all kinds of video formats and rip DVD and DVD folder for you.
Step 2: Choose an output format. In the upper right of the program, you can find a profile list. The pre-defined output formats can meet your request perfectly. MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV, AVI, FLV, SWF, 3GP, 3G2, MP4 video output formats and MP3, WMA, WAVE, AAC, M4A, OGG audio output formats are available. If you need to make a DVD disc from videos, choose DVD Video NTSC/PAL Movie as output, then use a free program named DVDstyler to burn them to a DVD disc.
Step 3: Usually, default settings are good enough and it’s recommended. However, you can customize settings completely as you like. You can choose video codec, audio codec, audio channel and customize video size, video bit rate, video frame rate, audio bit rate by entering a value as you like. You can also specify any part of the video you need to convert by specifying the start time and stop time. For DVD, you can specify the chapters, audio language, subtitle and angle as you like. If you want a silent movie, just simply set Disable Audio option to yes.
Step 4: Before conversion, if you want to preview movie, just select the movie you want to preview and click the play button. There is a little red mark that you can use to go backward or forward. Also you can use it to trim the movie with the first and second button. Double-click on the preview window, the window will magnify and double-click again, it will be back to normal state.
Step 5: If you want to convert some video clips and merge them into a file, please press the Ctrl or Shift button to choose the files you need to merge, then right-click on them and choose Merge Output. The first part of the output will be highlighted, and the other files which will be merged will be displayed in gray and will be merged in order. If you want to change the orders of the files, please drag and drop the file in the list to change the order. If you want to cancel the merge operation, please choose the file and click Unmerge Output.
Step 6: Now, click “CONVERT” button to start the converting. Source Files item shows videos added to the program. You can directly reach a certain output format by clicking the format in Converted list. You can also directly click the “Output Folder” tab to open the output folder where the converted files locate in.