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MTS vs M2TS
What’s the difference between MTS and M2TS files? My camera software converts the internal MTS files to M2TS files when I download them from camera to computer. But wondering if I can use the MTS files directly instead of having them converted to M2TS files.
Thanks in advance for the info.
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I would also like to know the answer to this question. My camera is a canon HF100. I use the software that it came with (Pixela ImageMixer3) to import my footage mainly because I like the way it renames my clips based on time and sorts them by date.
Is there any degradation when switching from .mts to .m2ts? Are they equivalent? I would prefer to keep using the importing software as long as there isn’t any loss of quality occurring that I am currently unaware of…
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I was just on a support chat with Sony. He said there is no difference between the .mts and .m2ts formats. I would rather transfer the video files natively through Windows Explorer instead of the PMB software. He said I risk nothing by doing so. There is no difference between the files.
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I have the TM700 and can get the mts files through Windows explorer with the camera connected via USB or I can use the HD Writer software and it imports them as .m2ts. Vegas edits them both and I can’t see a quality difference, but there is some kind of difference between the two, at least with the TM700 files, as the HD Writer and player will only see the .m2ts files. Even if I change the .mts extension to m2ts, the HD Writer software won’t see or play them.
The only reason I would use the HD Writer software is, it’ll play back the m2ts files very smoothly, but Media Player classic, Power DVD, spash will play the mts files just as smoothly.
i7 930 6 gig ram Windows Ulltimate 64 bit. Danny Hays
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