How to convert MTS to MPEG-4 MP4 and H.264 MP4 formats?

MTS/M2TS Converter

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Most HD (High-definition) digital camcorders create HD files with *.mts as extension, especially the AVCHD camcorders. MTS is not so widely accepted by media players as common video formats like MP4, WMV and AVI. If you’d like to play MTS contents in Windows Media Player, transfer MTS videos to iPad, iPhone, iPod, PSP, Android phones for playback, or watch MTS shootings on HDTV freely, a best way is converting MTS to MP4 format. This guide tells you how to convert MTS to MP4 compatible formats with Pavtube MTS Converter. The Pavtube MTS Converter is a powerful solution for converting MTS to H.264 MP4, MPEG-4 MP4 up to 720p and even 1080p. Not only can it can convert MTS to MP4 with high quality, but also it features easy-to-use editing facilities. You can join MTS files together, trim out unwanted frames, remove the interlaced lines, set 5.1 surround sound, replace audio with your favorite music, and customize file size and video quality when converting MTS to MP4 for your portable players.

Step-by-step guide of converting MTS to MP4

Please make sure the MTS Converter has been downloaded and installed. You may download its free trail version of MTS to MP4 Converter. It is clean program with no limitation in function.

Step 1: Load source files to the MTS to MP4 Converter

Launch Pavtue MTS to MP4 Converter and the window below will pop up. Click the “Add” button on the upper left and browse to your MTS files, select the files you want to convert and click Open. Now you can find the selected MTS videos in file list. File information can be found in the preview area. You can select any of them and click play button to preview. If you would like to join MTS files together, just select these files and check the “Merge into one” box.

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Step 2. Select output format for converting MTS to MP4.

Click on “Format”, and select output format from the drop-down list. H.264/AVC and MPEG-4 encoded MP4 formats are available. If you would like to play the MTS recordings on portable players like iPad, iPhone 4, iPod, PSP, Android, Archos, Zune, PocketPC, etc, simply follow the corresponding profile group and select customized MP4 format. In each group there is a star format, which is optimized format. If you would like to watch the MTS contents on HDTV via media players (e.g. Western Digital Media Player, Video DVD combos), HD quality should be attained. To maintain HD video quality, you may follow “HD Video” -> “H.264 HD Video” (*.mp4) or “MPEG-4 HD Video (*.mp4) and customize the A/V parameters based on the media player and your TV.

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Step 3: Start converting MTS to MP4

Click “Convert” button to start converting MTS to MP4. After conversion you can click “Open” button to locate the MP4 files, transport the files to you portable players for playback.

More optimized settings:

Tip 1. Eliminate the interlacing lines: click “Editor” menu, switch to “Effect” and check the box of “Deinterlacing” when your source MTS files are interlaced 1080i or 720i videos.

Tip 2. Customize MP4 format for your player.
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 MTS 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.

Tip 3. Trim out unwanted frames: click “Editor” menu, switch to “Trim” tab, plays the video, click “[” to set start time and “]” to set end time. The duration will be preserved and other part will be trimmed out. By trimming you can cut out unwanted part and remains only desired frames.

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The MTS Converter also converts *.mts, *.ts, *.tp, *.trp videos to various video and audio formats. To learn more information about Pavtube MTS/ MTS Converter, please visit the product page of MTS to MP4 Converter.