How to convert MTS or M2TS to iPod, iPhone

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(http://www.pavtube.com/mts-converter-mac/)MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac

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

http://www.pavtube.com/images/mts-converter-mac/interface.jpg

[b]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”.

http://www.pavtube.com/mts-converter-mac/guide/how-to-convert-mts_clip_image001.jpg

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.



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.

http://www.pavtube.com/images/mts-converter-mac/interface_settings.jpg

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

1. Install and run Pavtube ( http://www.pavtube.com/mts-converter/)MTS/M2TS Converter

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

http://www.pavtube.com/images/mts-converter/main_interface.jpg

[b]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”.

http://www.pavtube.com/images/mts-converter/import.jpg

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.



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.

http://www.pavtube.com/images/mts-converter/convert.jpg

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.