Method of importing MTS and M2TS files to iMovie

Method of importing MTS and M2TS files to iMovie




Since iMovie’08, Apple has announced that it works with many tapeless camcorders that record to flash memory, HDD, or DVD media, including camcorders using MPEG-2 (standard definition) and AVCHD (high definition) formats. With the release of iMovie’09, it expands supported camcorder formats to MPEG-2 (standard definition), AVCHD (high definition) as well as MPEG-4 and H.264 formats. However, at the same time, Apple also remind users that due to the wide range of media types, and the different ways manufacturers store video on these media types, not all tapeless camcorders are compatible with iMovie '08 and iMovie’09. AVCHD camcorders are among this range. AVCHD format (.mts, m2ts) has been a headache to some Mac users for not a short time, especially for people who are in use of an old PowerPC, because AVCHD format can only be supported by iMovie with an Intel-based Core Duo processor or better.


Fortunately, more and more video converters are designed to help Mac users solve this problem, Pavtube http://www.pavtube.com/mts-converter-mac/ (MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac) is one of them which performances very well. No matter what version of iMovie you are in use, and what Mac system you are working on, it will assist you to import your MTS/M2TS AVCHD files to iMovie for editing smoothly. Now please follow its step-by-step instruction as you like.


First of you, free download Pavtube http://www.pavtube.com/mts-converter-mac/ (MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac) here, and then install and run it. Notice that there are two versions, both PowerPC and Intel, pay attention to choose the right one to download.


Step 1: Load MTS/M2TS files, select iMovie workable format

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You can directly drag and drop MTS and M2TS file to this program or you can click “Add” button to import files. After that choose an iMovie supported format to convert. You can choose MP4 or MOV, and here I select MOV for instance.




Suppose you’d like to combine all the added files to be a single file, so that you can import them to iMovie for editing once only. In that case, please tick the checkbox of “Merge into one file” to realize it. Also, if you do not want the save path set by default to store the output files, you can click “Browse” button to look for and specify a destination folder.


Step 2: Adjust video and audio parameter

This program allows users to set advanced settings, that is to say, you can insert your preferred options to items in the interface below, including bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, channels, etc. The output file size will be enlarged if you adjust the figures to be larger, also the file quality will be improved at the same time. On the contrary, if you adjust the values to be smaller, the output file size will be decreased, but accompanying with inferior output quality.




Step 3: Convert

After the above two steps are done, you can click “Convert” button to start conversion. And the generated files for iMovie can be got via press “Open” button.

Tips:

1. The program adopts advanced audio and video sync technology, and never lets your video and audio go in separate way.

2. This program optimizes its conversion speed with multi-thread technology, so that you can convert MTS/M2TS AVCHD files 1.5 or 2 times faster than other similar programs.

3. Its trim and crop functions allow you to select the proper time length for MTS/M2TS videos, as well as cut off any unwanted areas. Its original video and output video preview windows will also be convenient for you to edit.

4. It Provides users with simple gauss blur effect, which is very useful to recorded files, since it can eliminate the noise of recorded videos. If you like, you can also add other special effects including simple laplacian sharpen, gray, flip color, invert, aged film, etc. to your video files.

5. It allows users to add various watermarks, such as text watermark, image watermark, GIF animation watermark and video watermark.

Most AVCHD camcorder users may have the trouble with playing AVCHD videos (.mts, .m2ts, .mod, .tod) on media players or portable devices. Tanbee AVCHD Converter for Mac is designed to help you convert AVCHD videos to common videos like convert AVCHD to MOV, MP4, WMV, FLV, SWF, AVI, 3GP and HD videos like HD AVI, HD MOV, HD MPEG, HD WMV. So you can enjoy self-created videos from your Canon, Sony, JVC, Panasonic, Hitachi AVCHD camcorder on iPad, iPod, iPhone, PSP, iRiver, Zune and more portable devices.

This tutorial will show you how to http://www.tanbee.com/avchd-converter-for-mac/tutorial.php (convert AVCHD(.mts, .m2ts, .mod, .tod) files to all popular videos suitable) for different multimedia players with http://www.tanbee.com/avchd-converter-for-mac/ (Tanbee AVCHD Converter for Mac) step by step.

Before you start, please download, install and launch http://www.tanbee.com/avchd-converter-for-mac/ (Tanbee AVCHD Converter for Mac).

Step 1: Load AVCHD camcorder video files

Click "Add File" button on the toolbar or go to "File > Add files" from the main menu to load files you want to convert.


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Step 2: Choose output format for your players

Choose the file, click "Profile" drop-down button to choose the format you need, then click "" to choose destination folder for saving output files.



Step 3: Start AVCHD video conversion on Mac

After the above settings, check the needed files to convert in the file list, and click "Convert" big button to start converting. You can check the converting progress from the converting window.