Continue reading »]]> “Can any MTS/M2TS Converter repack (remux) Canon 1080i 50 Hz h.264 M2TS-container file to h.264 MKV-container (or MP4-container) file with no recoding (no conversation) – saving the original video stream? The M2TS file format is a real pain. It is touted as HDTV Friendly, but in fact my HDTV will play just about any video file format (directly from an SDHC memory card) except M2TS!! I’ve tried a few MTS/M2TS Converter software, all of them take long time (some files even hours) to convert Canon M2TS, and export MKV video with image loss! I want fast packing and the original quality. Anyone know a best app to remux Canon M2TS to MKV? If possible, I’d like to join some M2TS clips as well….”

You surely want to convert camera video files with no image loss. Then, what you should do is “rewrap” files with Pavtube Media Magician. AVCHD MTS and M2TS files can simply be remixed using this app. I’ve remuxed tons of 1080i Canon MTS files just fine to MKV. And here’s a short guide of how I did.

Guide: Repack h.264 M2TS to MKV container without recoding

1. Import M2TS from Canon Camera or local archive.

Connect the Canon camera with your PC and run Pavtube Media Magician. This camcorder companion tool will detect your camera automatically and ask “Camcorder is connected. Are you ready to launch wizard now?” Click “Yes” to confirm. In the mean time, you are allowed to backup MTS footage directly from camera to local computer. Also, you can import Canon 1080i h.264 M2TS from local archive as well.

2. Drag and drop Canon M2TS video to timeline for organizing/merging/joining.

In timeline you can remove unwanted .M2TS clips, trim out unwanted frames from specific clip by frame-accurate, and put them into the right order for merging M2TS file while remuxing M2TS to MKV.

3. Set lossless remux mode for exporting M2TS video

Choose “Output” in the main interface.

Then switch to “Lossless” > “original” or “Lossless” > “MKV” so as to set Media Magician to remux M2TS to MKV without encoding.

4. Remux M2TS videos to MKV with no conversion Finally press the “+” sign to add the task and click the triangle sign to begin repacking MTS/M2TS/TOD/MOD to MKV with no recoding/recompression

If you’re working on Mac, download Media Magician for Mac instead. There’s another good feature for Mac users – when you have pain importing MTS/M2TS/TOD/MOD/MXF video to iMovie or Final Cut Pro, you can use the app to export Apple Intermediate Codec or Apple ProRes 422 video for natural editing.

Continue reading »]]> “I just received the neat Sony HDR-TD10 camera and I’m trying to figure out the particulars of the MTS files that it shoots. Now I’d like to merge multiple Sony HDR-TD10 .MTS without losing quality, so that I can stream the result AVCHD footage smoothly over Wi-Fi to PS3 in full HD quality. The HDR-TD10 also shoots in 3D mode, so I’d prefer some tool that let me merge 3D .mts video as well. I’m working on iMac with OS X Mountain Lion. Thanks. ”

There are some MTS converters that can convert your media (HDR-TD10 MTS video) in mp4 file as I read in previous posts, but you will definitely loose a lot of details doing it. This Mac MTS Converter can encode 3D MTS to MP4, if you don’t mind. For lossless merging of Sony HDR-TD10 MTS clips, I find the Media Magician for Mac a best solution. Using the software, you can merge m2ts/mts files (2D or 3D) together without losing quality. Overall, this is a best solution to easily re-mux m2ts/mts files produced by Sony HDR-TD10 or other similar camcoders in order to stream them smoothly over Wi-Fi to PS3 in full HD quality. Below is a guide for your reference.

Tutorial: Remux AVCHD MTS/M2TS camera videos without recompression on Mac

1. Import source files into Media Magician for Mac Run Pavtube Media Magician for Mac, load source videos into it.

Learn the details on How to import source videos into Media Magician for Mac

2. Drag and drop Sony HDR-TD10 MTS video to timeline

In the Timeline panel of Pavtube Media Magician for Mac, you can copy a video clip by “Duplicate This Clip” in the Timeline. You can also change the start time and end time of a clip to trim/cut off unwanted parts in a movie clip. To remove clips, select one or more clips in the sequence and press “Delete”. You can also change the order of clips once they are there in the Timeline. If you would like to split a clip into two parts, you can drag the cursor/pointer to the right place and click the “Cut” button to cut off the clip.

Read More: How to Duplicate, Trim, Split and Delete a Clip with Media Magician for Mac.

3. Remux Sony HDR-TD10 MTS videos with no conversion on Mac

Choose “Output” in the main interface, then switch to “Lossless” > “original” or “Lossless” > “original”. Click “Plus” icon to add conversion task, and click “Start” to begin merging and remuxing Sony TD 10 MTS without recompression on Mac.

Soon after the rewrapping task is finished by Media Magician for Mac, you can add the generated MTS file to your Mac media server and play the 2D/3D MTS video to PS3 over Wi-Fi. Enjoy it!

Continue reading »]]> Apple’s computing infrastructure has long been aimed at the creative professional, with emphasis on photo and video editing featuring prominently in marketing material past and present. The only problem with this is that industry-leading software like Adobe Premier, After Effects and Apple’s own Final Cut series are very expensive while there are very few free video editing applications for the OS X.

If you’ve just bought your first Mac then you might not have realized that it already comes with a basic video editor called iMovie. Yet the iMovie work with only a few video formats created by certain cameras only. If you’re using iMovie ’08 or later with a connected camera or camcorder, you may receive one of the following messages:

• “When you try to use a camera or device, iMovie may indicate that it can’t see the camera”.
• “When you try to import or export video to or from a camera or device, iMovie may unexpectedly stop importing, exporting, or responding”.

For people that are having trouble with importing AVCHD footage to iMovie, and video-editing beginners who prefer an easier way to manage camcorder AVCHD MTS/M2TS footage in batch, Pavtube Media Magician for Mac is a nice alternative worth a try. No matter you are an experienced videographer or a video-editing novice, you will be very impressed with its easy-to-use processing and wide support to camera and AVCHD camcorder file types.

Compatibility: Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), Mountain Lion (10.8)

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Media Magician for Mac includes a Camcorder Wizard tool for users to simply archive and transfer recorded camera videos to Mac computer in batch. It is easy to filter and choose desired HD clips by film date or file type for downloading to your computer.

Supported File Types and Cameras/Camcorders:

• MTS, M2TS, MP4, AVI, MOV from Digital cameras (Canon Vixia, Panasonic Lumix, etc);
• AVCHD MTS/M2TS, MOD, TOD from HDD based camcorders (Sony Handycam, Panasonic HD, JVC Everio, etc);
• All HD footage from Flash drive cameras;

All of your HD footage on camcorder HDD can be quickly transferred to Mac HDD, no matter what kind of cam you use. And there is a built-in media library for you to organize existing HD footage in batch. This new released Media Magician for Mac app takes into consideration easy managing & editing of ANY VIDEO on Mac – it also supports a wide variety of common video formats such as MOV, MP4, AVI, MKV, MPEG, TS, TiVo, VOB, etc.

Highlights of Pavtube Media Magician for Mac:

• Importing directly from camera/camcorder or backup camcorder videos to local HDD.
• Timeline editing, helping you edit camera clips in an easy and accurate way.
• Frame by Frame editing, helping you trim, cut and delete unwanted parts accurately.
• Adding 3D and other special effects to clips on timeline.
• Output Apple ProRes MOV for editing in FCP (X) without rendering.
• Featuring optimal presets for iMovie, FCE, Avid Studio, Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, Adobe After Effects, and Apple Aperture.
• Exporting files best suited for playing on Android devices, Windows devices, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, HD Player, PSP/PS3, and HDV.
• Transcoding camera videos to a wide range of file formats, including AVI, MPEG-2, WMV, MOV, MKV, MPEG-4, and M2TS.
• Lossless output – keeping original format of source media, and rewrapping source video to MKV container without quality loss.
• Directlyupload camera videos onto YouTube by using your already-have YouTube account.