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Importing and joining .mts files automatically into only one file. What output is better, MTS or M2TS?
Hi,
I am using a Sony A57 SLT camera to record video (1080p AVCHD).
What happens is that the whole video is recorded in several pieces of 2GB .MTS into the SD Card (because FAT32 system).
If I just load manually these split files in Vegas timeline to join them, the transition between each file has a slightly flow interruption (image and audio stop and then go ahead).
I used Vegas “Device Explorer” to import the files from SD card automatically. Surprise=> Vegas joined the split files in just one big file, and the flow interruption doesn’t happen anymore. Vegas output= .MTS
I also used Sony PlayMemories (came with the camera). Basically it did the same, joining the files in a big one. But now as a .M2TS output.
Both .MTS and .M2TS have the same size and behaviour.
Is there tecnical differences between them? Should I preffer one type insted the other?
Ps.: So far I just drop the files from my old camcorder into the Vegas time line and never there was a problem of flow transition between files (as now with the A57 cam). It sounded strange to me and was first time that I see this issue of join files into only one when importing…
Thanks,
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They are both MPEG 2 Transport Stream. I am not aware of any difference between them.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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M2TS is a newer version of the MTS container that allows for advanced features (such as encrypting data) and is partly a product of (useless to us) patent revisions. MTS is solely a Sony endeavor, however, where M2TS is not quite restricted to Sony conventions. Whether any of these container revisions or codec enhancements can trip up Vegas Pro will likely depend on the source. M2TS was designed specifically for Bluray streaming but now is used as the end result of codec conversions while MTS is still used (most probably for patent reasons) as a camera raw footage codec. The M2TS video codec is described as “more advanced” mpeg-2 while MTS is described as proprietary AVCHD. All this is to say they will probably function exactly the same in Vegas but considering all the lawyerly crap explained above you never know if the patent restrictions plus hardware/software combination will suddenly end in some interaction that coughs up a furball.
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Hi there,
I am having an issue with those MTS files and FCPX.
(I am using Macbook pro os X and FCP X 10.1.3)I am sorry if this subject has been deal with before. I have been looking for answers but every time I find only bits of answer not connected together and I get lost…
This is what I normally do once I get my files as MTS from my camera :
1.I copy them on my hard drive
(Opening “AVCHD”, “Private” folders ext., I copy all MTS files in a new folder of my hard drive)
2.I rename them with Automator to avoid to have many “001.mts” later and be able to reconnect them easy with FCP X if problem.
3.I convert them in Prores to have no problem with FCP X
(I tried to import directly to FCP X as MTS files (optimised media) but I find it much slower to work with.
4. I import in FCP XMy issues :
– Long process, takes lot of times and too many steps…
– All MTS files longer than 2.12 Go are divided in many files and I lose some audio in between every files…So my question is :
– Is there a way to make all this easier and have all my videos in one piece and not cut every 2.12go…– Also, when I put the SD card from my camera to the laptop, on FCP X I have the import window that opens and I could import clip in one piece straight away but I don’t know where it goes, I can’t rename it as I want and again, the optimised media is slower to work with than when I convert in Prores and then import…
– Basicly, I want to go from my SD card to 1.Good organisation in my hard rive and 2. Prores imported in FCP X and all of that without cutting my clips…
Thank you very much for your time.
Have a good day.
Cheers.
Arthur.
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