What is MTS-format and how to work with it?

The question of what the MTS-format video is, as it turns out, is quite topical, since not all users of home appliances and computer systems know what it is. Now we will try to understand some of the issues of the presentation of the format, and also consider the ways of its editing and conversion to other formats.

What is MTS-format?

Strictly speaking, the concept of what a format of a given type is, is not too complicated. The fact is that it is now used in almost all modern video cameras and, in fact, is an analogue of high-quality video standard Full HD (not to be confused with the format of DVD-video .ts).

The use of MTS-format is connected not only with the increased quality, but also with the fact that most cameras record not on the internal memory of the device (which, by the way, is simply not available in most cases), but directly on a removable SDHC memory card. This approach has made it possible to simplify the design of devices and significantly reduce their size, which can not be said about the size of the final file of the captured video. Nevertheless, it is possible to work with such a format, and even very simply.

Editing methods

It seems that the question of what to open the MTS-format, today is not worth it. In principle, any software or consumer player can play it without any problems. Another thing is if the video shot on the camera needs to be edited. Here, unfortunately, many people start to have problems. The fact is that you can open a file and make editing in most programs, but you can not save it in the initial format, alas.

However, there is a way out. For example, you can use a specialized utility called Aimersoft Video Editor. But here there are their pitfalls. First, the program is shareware. Secondly, you can save the finished material only when converting to MP4 format. Third, while the trial period lasts, a watermark constantly appears on the video material. Remove it from the video can only one way - buy the full licensed version. Not very convenient, right?

MTS file format: converting

The easiest way is to first use Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate and MTS format in any other format, for example, in the same MP4, and then edit the material, say, with the Camtasia Studio package or some other advanced video editor.

By the way, in the converter there is also the built in editor, allowing to make the elementary actions of type of turn of video, to change contrast, saturation or brightness, and also to add the elementary effects.

Particularly pleased with the possibility of turning, because sometimes the video is shot in a perspective with a slope of 90 degrees, compared with the normal mode. And here everything is simple: turned the frame and immediately converted the MTS-format into something else. Well, then edit how much imagination is enough.

However, what exactly it is to convert or edit video files, everyone decides for himself, because today you can find quite a lot of the same free video converters and professional packages for editing it, and those that are used by world-renowned studios. So, as they say, problems should not arise.

The result

Summarizing some results, it can be noted that nothing complicated in understanding the format or the means of its conversion and editing, in general, and no. You can work with it as with any other video material. The only hitch is that in free or shareware programs after editing, you will not be able to save the file in the original format. But, as we see, there is a way out, and quite simple. Again, by which means you will convert the MTS format into another one or perform further processing of the material, it is very difficult to advise simply because today there are so many such programs.