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How to convert Panasonic Lumix DMC AVCHD Lite to MPEG format?

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Wondering how to edit Panasonic AVCHD Lite MTS footage? Not know how to play AVCHD Lite files? You’re at the right place! Read through this article and you will figure out the issues of AVCHD Lite with the help of Pavtube MTS/ M2TS Converter, a professional high-definition video converter that converts AVCHD MTS videos to editable and playable video and audio formats.

About AVCHD Lite

In 2009 Panasonic introduced AVCHD Lite to selected members of its Lumix line of digital cameras. AVCHD Lite is a subset of AVCHD format, which identifies devices that are capable of 720p/30fps recording. These cameras are named as Lumix DMC series (DMC-FS25, DMC-GH1, DMC-G1, DMC-G10, DMC-FX75, DMC-ZS3, etc). The 720p/30fps video is recorded in the normal AVCHD 720p/60 format, but every other frame is duplicated, resulting in thirty actual frames per second. This reduces file size down to as half as 720p/60 recording mode. Comparing with earlier digital cameras, which record video in MJPEG, the Lumix family gives higher video quality and better encoding method.

How to play Panasonic Lumix AVCHD Lite? How to edit AVCHD Lite footage?

The AVCHD Lite is essential AVCHD format, saving files in *.mts format onto SD/SDHC/SDXC card. Users of Lumix cameras may insert the card into the VIERA Image Viewer (SD/SDHC/SDXC card slot) on a VIERA TV or DIGA Blu-ray Disc™ Player to enjoy the AVCHD Lite contents on wide screen TV. In order to play MTS file on PC, Mplayer and VLC player are your fist choice. If you insist playing Lumix AVCHD Lite contents in Windows Media Player, or would like to transfer the AVCHD Lite video to iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune etc for playback, MTS Converter is helpful. For editing AVCHD Lite footage, Adobe Premiere CS5 comes first. However, it is too professional and expensive for mass video amateurs. Most other editing software do not support MTS format, and that’s why we need to convert MTS to editable formats before editing. In order to play and edit the AVCHD Lite video files generated by the Panasonic Lumix cameras smoothly and more freely, you can to convert AVCHD to MPEG encoded formats, like MPG, MP4 etc.

How to convert the Panasonic AVCHD Lite video to MPEG for editing and playing?

In order to convert the AVCHD Lite video files generated by the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT1 to MPEG, Pavtube MTS Converter is worth trying. You can convert AVCHD from camcorder to various video and audio formats using this powerful AVCHD video converter. A free trial version is available, only watermark of Pavtub logo will appear on the screen of converted videos. You may refer to below guide how to convert the AVCHD Lite to MPEG with Pavtube HD Video Converter.

Step 1. Free download MTS Video Converter, install and launch the program.

Once you run it, click “Add” to load the source AVCHD Lite MTS files.

Step 2. Select MPEG as output format for playing and editing.

Click on “Format”, and select output format from the drop-down list. MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 encoded formats are available. If you would like to play the AVCHD Lite recordings on portable players like iPod, iPhone, PSP, Archos, Zune, PocketPC, etc, simply follow the corresponding profile group and select desired format. In each group there is a star format, which is optimized format.

If you would like to edit Lumix AVCHD Lite footage, please follow “Common Video”-> “MPEG-2(*.mpg)”. To maintain HD video quality, simply follow “HD Video” -> “MPEG-2 HD Video” (*.mpg) and customize the A/V parameters based on your personal requirements.

Step 3. Click "Settings" button to adjust video and audio parameters

Notice that you can not “convert up” video quality. If you selected HD Video in Step 2, we advise you to adjust the A/V parameters to be the same with source AVCHD Lite footage so as to bear least quality loss at proper file size. You may check the A/V parameters of original video in preview panel, and it will display the video information when you select an item. In case it displays no information, please click the “<” sign.

Step 4: Click "Convert" button to start converting AVCHD Lite to MPEG format.

After the above steps are done, you can click “Convert” button to start conversion. And you can click “Open” button to get the generated MPEG files for play back or edit.