Downloading mts files in imovie9

how do i download AVCHD (MTS files) in imovie9?

elikness wrote:
That's a great website Karsten, ...
great you like it, thanks for the flowers!
.... I've seen about 10-12 people post on this topic since I've been on the discussion board.
indeed, that is one of the FAQs on this board, as, years ago, "How to import DVDs into iM?" (=made a site on this topic too).
The prob behind this prob is: people try to 'out-smart' iMovie - it is meant for camcorder-imports. doing so, you'd never notice what 'format'/appendix/suffix the video has. same with the other flavor of mpeg-transport-streams aka mts, which comes from TV-sticks ... the included software (mainly EyeTV) allows a trans-coding of such streams, no 3rd party nor manual conversion needed.
.... not meant as bashing, but mainly switchers LOVE to dig inside structures ... me as an -user since '86, I was never interested in it....- I love the convenience of Apple-software

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Organizer 8 terminates when downloading/importing MTS file

I am in Organizer trying to download a video file (MTS) from a memory card. The file shows up for me to select when I do the File > Get Photos & Videos > From Camera or Card Reader. I select it and click done. Then I get the message "Files Successfully Copied" with the message that Organizer will now import the file into the catalog. It asks if I just want to see the catalog entries that were imported. I click Yes. I get a window saying "Getting Media". That window stays up for a few seconds then goes away along with the whole Organizer task.
When I restart Organizer I get a dialog box saying Files Ready for Import. New files have been downloaded and will now be imported. It then asks again if I just want to see catalog entires that were just imported. I say Yes. Again it says Getting Media for a couple of seconds then Organizer again shuts down with no error message.
In order to get out of this "loop" I have to go to the folder where the offending file was downloaded into and delete it. Then when Organizer restarts and tries to again import it, the file isn't there and Organizer displays that in an error message but continues running.
I've reinstalled Photoshop Elements and Premier Elements 8. The file is playable on the camera and other MTS files created around the same time download/import with no problem.
Any suggestions on how to get that MTS file into Organizer?

Mike is having some trouble posting in this thread (and I am too), but he sent me a PM with what he wanted to say:
OK. I think I might have a positive answer for you.
I was getting lost in the upper ASCII characters you showed. In your test file I never could see any--a case of not seeing the trees for the forest.
Your quote marks are getting dropped in your test file. Now, this may or may not affect other factors but it does in some further testing. I believe ID has an issue with dropping quote marks even in a plain ASCII file if the marks are at the beginning of a sentence and the file is tab delimited. Call it a bug.
Because of all the commas and quote marks in your simple file, I think you should be exporting from Google Docs' spreadsheet as a tab-delimited file. This exported file has to be opened in a text editor capable of saving it out as a UTF-16 BE (Big Endian) type of file.
Also, I think you are going to have to use proper quote marks throughout, or change them in the exported tab-delimited file. Best to have a correct source, though.
Here is your sample ZIPped up. I think it works properly. But then again, I think I might be bleary-eyed by now.
http://www.wenzloffandsons.com/temp/merge_psalms_utf-16.zip
Take care, Mike

I am using MTS files. They load in PE fine. The problem is when I try to play them, I just get audio and no video. I have installed the latest updates. Is there a CODEX that I need.

I have windows 8.1. I have downloaded the mts files from my video camera onto my hard drive. I have loaded a subset of these mts files into premier elements and they show up fine. I can bring them to the time line without a problem. The issue is that when I click on them, I only get the audio and no video. Normally when you click a thumbnail, the picture shows in the large screen. That screen remains blank.

John - thanks for your response
1. Graphics Adapter: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650
2. My driver before you response was 3/4/14   9.18.13.3523. I went to Nvidia and downloaded and installed latest driver 7/2/14 9.18.13.4052
3. Rebooted and checked APE and no change in the problem. Still doesn't show video when I double click an thumbnail or if I single click it does not show a video image in the large screen.
4. Some things I have done to try to resolve the problem.
     a. Searched this forum for a similar problem. I didn't see one.
     b. Did a web search to see if I could find a solution outside this forum
     c Went into "edit" and tried some changes in project preferences and setting to see if that would make a difference
     d. Tried to contact Adobe support to speak to a person but that seemed difficult and could never figure out how to do it.
5. I have always loaded AVI clips into this program and this is the first time I have tried MTS files. When I opened the new project, the program notified that I had to change something??? to load an MTS file and asked me if I wanted the program to do this for me. I said yes and here I am.   I seem so close to making it work.   Thanks

CS4 can no longer see mts files

I can't be sure, but it seems that after an update today that started when I opened Premiere Pro CS4, my projects can no longer see any of the mts files , even in the media browser. It can see other types of files, just not mts. This IS a full version (NOT trial) of Premiere. All was working for the past week and a half since I first installed the Production Suite CS4. Now I get the red "Media Offline" screen on the source and program monitors. Media Browser cannot see any of the mts files. What has happened? How can this be fixed. The Adobe updater downloaded 9 updates when I opened Premiere, but the download seemed to hang. I chose to let it resume the update later when I hit cancel. When I rebooted and brought up Premiere, it finished the download and ran the install of the updates. Seems as though the update may have messed up my FULL VERSION status somehow. The important thing is that I can no longer see any mts files, and the rendered file also produces the red media offline screen.

Check your iPod's hard drive for errors. Open My Computer, right-click the drive, Click Properties, Tools, Check Now..., Select Options, Start.
Some of your missing files/folders may be restored although their names may be lost. 4gb is the max. file size on FAT32 so are we talking a 42gb folder rather than a single file?
tt2

Undeleted MTS files not working

Hey everyone
I've been trying to resolve this issue for about 2 weeks now and I'm having a lot of difficulty. I have been checking out countless forums, blogs and the like, but still have not been able to solve my problem. I will try and be brief, but my situation is as follows:
My boss handed me an SD card with about 2-3 years video footage which was not backed up, asked me to grab the files off it and delete the rest on the card. Which I did, then accidentally deleted (as well as an empty trash) the files I had just transfered to my desktop, very foolish I know!
After much searching online for programs to recover the deleted files I came across several, I tried the free trials for Stellar Phoenix, Mac Keeper, Nice to Recover & Data Rescue 3. Mac Keeper couldn't recover MTS files at all, and I ended up purchasing Stellar Phoenix. I ran Stellar Phoenix on the SD card and YAY!! I was able to recover the files directly from the source... well so it seems.
Prior to deleting the files I was able to open and watch the MTS files on VLC media player with no problems, but since their recovery I can't seem to find a program that will recognise the files. I tried iMovie, Quicktime even downloaded AVCHD conversion software such as iSkysoft video converter, Doremisoft Mac AVCHD Converter, Clip Wrap and Tanbee AVCHD Video Converter but unfortunately none of the programs could even identify the file format "format not recognised" often being the problem.
At this point I then attempted to recover the MTS files directly from my Trash using Stellar Phoenix, but after several attempts, the files still don't seem to appear at all. This got me searching for more alternatives. I soon discovered Photorec, (http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec) despite the user interface, this proved promising, so far the best and fastest recovery program by a mile. Unfortunately though, it could only find about 5 of about 30 of my lost files and display only subliminal imagery when viewed in VLC.
Now I'm stuck!! has anyone out there gone through anything similar, and did you have any luck recovering your files????
Alex

astanuga wrote:
.... Photorec, (http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec) despite the user interface,.... has anyone out there gone through anything similar, and did you have any luck recovering your files????
Photorec's interface is a Mac User's nightmare, indeed, because it is a Terminal.app only ... but free.
I did use it once, I deleted a file in camera - after pushing 'yes - erase it', I realized I deleted a very nice smile on that track.
so, in my case, the original SDcard existed, I immediately got it out the cam and let Photorec directly from card did its job.
only advice from here: use the original SDcard, no copies, no trashbins, no ... whatever. then you have a high chance.
and Welcome astanuga to the  boards ...

How to convert MTS files

Hello, I have a Canon HD camcorder HG10.
This Camcorder produces *.MTS files.
However, all supporting software is Windows based and not Mac based.
I have searched the web but didn't find any solution till so far (I'm just a user and not a programmer ...).
May be some people here have some experience and have found some solutions?
If so I would be grateful to hear from you.
Best regards!

Here's a great solution using Roxio Toast 9 (it's available as a download purchase for immediate use). Drag your mts files into Roxio Toast and burn a DVD-Video of them (don't make a data file). Roxio will convert them to a video format. You can play this video on your television.
But, you want to be able to edit the files, which are now in a standard video format. Roxio Toast can then be used to extract the video and audio files out as editable audio. And, it's fast.
Previously I used Voltaic and one 4 gig MTS file took over 17 hours to process, and then it would only play the audio on the last 10 minutes (Voltaic won't process the video after a certain number of gigabytes). Using Roxio Toast I burnt a Video-DVD and then extract an edible version in less than an hour.

Cannot ingest .MTS files from Canon Vixia HF S200

I have an iMac, OS 10.6.8, Intel Core 2 Duo processor. I'm using FCE 4.0.1 and MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2. My camera's parameters are: video compression MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; 1080/60i frame rate; FXP (17Mbps) mode.
With the camera powered and plugged in (USB), when I select File>OpenFiles in Streamclip and select all ".MTS" files in the AVCHD>BDVM>STREAM folder I get the following message: "Unrecognized file type". If I choose download anyway and choose File>Export to QT, I get the following error message: "Can't read the frame size".
If I remove the SD card from the camera and download onto my 2TB HD and move one ".MTS" file into Stream clip, I get the following message: ""WARNING "00304.MTS" contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media".
I also tried moving the entire BDVM folder (which includes a BACKUP folder [empty]; a CLIPINF folder; INDEX.BDM; MOVIEOBJ.BDM; PLAYLIST>00000.MPL; AND STREAM into Streamclip with the same results.
Simply put, I can't get Streaclip to recognize the camer's output. I can't figure out what's wrong. It would seem that what I'm trying to do should work, i.e., convert the camera output to AIC for input to FCE.
George

MtD,
It's my understanding that FCE 4.0.1 can only ingest DV or AIC using Log and Transfer. I thought that one had to use something like Streamclip when h.264 is involved by converting to AIC.
Also, among my many attempts, I'm pretty sure I tried Log and Transfer and received a similar message.
By reading other posts, I'm wondering if I'm trying this at the wrong layer, i.e., at first I accessed just the ".MTS" files, then I tried the STREAM folder. I wonder if I have to bring over the the whole BDVM folder, or possibly the whole AVCHD folder.
This is my first attempt to work with this camera. That's why I'm a bit screwed up. Previously, I used a Canon HV10 and downloaded into iMovie HD. Then, later versions of iMovie started giving me poor results so I bought FCE. At about the same time I broke my camera and bought the HF S200.
George

Where are my MTS file thumbnails?

I usually use Sony Vegas pro to do my editing of video. I often gave used the Elements Organizer to rename the cameras numbered clips to something more meaningful before I start. I have opened all of my holiday pictures into Organized & I can see the thumbnails for all formats used on the holiday except for the .MTS 1920x1080. I can see the thumbnails in all other programs like Windows Explorer to Sony Vegas.
Where are the thumbnails & how do I get them to display?
Thanks in advance

You don't say which version of the Elements Organizer you're using or what operating system you're working on, but they can make a difference which files display thumbnails in the Organizer.
Also, you do want to ensure you have the latest version of Quicktime from Apple.
And there are some components that only become activated when you first use them in a Premiere Elements project. In other words, if you're doing all of your editing in Vegas, you're not giving Premiere Elements a chance to download the components necessary to display .mts files in the Organizer. Try starting a Premiere Elements project and adding the .mts file as the first clip on Video 1. This will trigger the program to download the .mts components.

What is the easiest way to convert .MTS files for use in Final Cut Express

I initially downloaded my Sony Alpha7 files into iMovie. As the production requires a little more professional software I then tried to import files into Final Cut Express. As these are now .MTS files what is the easiest way of converting them?

Hey Martin et al,
Related question...
After you convert files from M2TS or MP4 into something usable in FCE can you trash the original M2ts/mp4 files ?
I recently used Mpeg Streamclip to convert Mp4 into AIC for FCE for example..
Is there a general rule of when you have to save original files so everything works in FCE?
I'm running out of HD space.
Thanks a lot,
Al

Importing and burning mts files from my Canon Vixia HF20

I have the HD camcorder Canon Vixia HF20 (and love it btw). It creates .mts files. I downloaded the software that came with the camcorder for Macs, but it does absolutely nothing for me (as far as I can tell - maybe I am doing something wrong).
I downloaded VLC so I can watch the .mts files and it works great. However, I am completely stuck on how to a) burn them, b) transfer them to a file format that allows me to burn them.
I have a new Mac desktop and am a novice at using it (I've had a laptop for a while before the desktop). Thus, I don't know how to use iMovie. Everything I read says imovie will be able to burn the files. However, when I open iMovie, choose "import," it doesn't allow me to import anything b/c they are in the .mts file format. It's like they are "blacked out" and incapable of being uploaded from my computer's hard drive to it.
So, I'll quit rambling. I've researched this ad nauseum, so any help on how to burn these files would be so greatly appreciated. I do not have File Cut Pro. Thanks!

iMovie versions 7, 8 and 9 can import that file format but only from the camera.
Once you move the files off the camera you'll have to jump through some hoops to convert them.

Audio component not apearing when importing AVCHD .MTS files

When importing AVCHD .MTS files into Premiere Pro the Audio component is not available (also in After Effects and Media Encoder)
What am I doing wrong :/

You could most likely convert them using a program like 5DTORGB, and then pull them back into Premiere. Although there is a chance this won't work, however in most cases I find it usually does work. Just be prepared to lose your metadata.
If your on a PC I'd recommend downloading their beta version it will allow you to transcode your AVCHD to ProRes HQ.
http://rarevision.com/5dtorgb/
All you have to is provide them a correct email address and they'll send you a download link. When you transcode though keep in mind that it's going to make your file sizes much much larger, however this because ProRes is much less compressed than AVCHD video is. You do need to keep in mind though that ProRes HQ is visually lossless. If you chose to use another free converter program you'll most likely get stuck chosing a lossy format. Another nice thing though, is that it works on MAC too. Your shooter needs to know not to do this again though, because as you already know at this point. It can cause big issues...

Premiere Pro CS6: No sound importing .mts files

Hey,
My Setup:
- Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
- Windows 7 x64
My Problem:
I bought a DLSM (Panasonic Lumix G6H) and recorded five hours of footage using AVCHD 50p. I imported the .mts files into Premiere and got no sound at all. Whenever I open the .mts with VLC or WMP there is sound.
I spent numerous hours trying to find a solution for this problem, but unfortunately none of them worked for me.
At this point I'm quite frustrated, I NEVER create accounts to ask questions, because usually they are answered - but this time i couldnt manage to overcome this issue.
I already tried:
1) Copy the entire folder structure - didnt work
2) Rename the .mts to .m2ts - didnt work
3) Using the Media-Browser when importing the files - didnt work
4) Rename it to .avi - didnt work
5) Downloaded "Any Video Converter" as my last resort.. there is no option for 50p .m2ts (which might work) - not satisfying

More information needed for someone to help... please click below and provide the requested information
-PPro Information FAQ http://forums.adobe.com/message/4200840
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Read Bill Hunt on Audio Conforming http://forums.adobe.com/thread/726693

Using .MTS Files

after reading through some of the posts in this discussion room, i'm thinking i may have screwed something up. i was just copying over all the .MTS files to retain "original" copies of my video files. i'm now realizing i need the entire directory/folder and not just the .MTS files.
have i totally "lost" these videos now or what can i do to change them into a viewable format?
thanks in advance.

it's taken me some time, but i've finally downloaded clipwrap per your suggestion and converted one of my video clips just to test it out. i'm getting some "banding" when i view the converted video clip. any suggestions? fyi - i used only the test clipwrap because i wanted to check it out before paying the money for the full version. will i have settings available to me in the full version that will help get rid of this "banding?" thoughts?? THANKS!!!

Which .mts file converter do you use?

I have a new iMac desktop (10.6.4) that I got for Christmas. I have a canon HD camcorder that records in .mts mode. I have spent hours upon hours to figure out the following:
a) iMovie 11 will not transport .mts files
b) The .mts files must be converted in order to be used on the mac
With that said, which .mts file converter are you guys using? Everyone I found costs $35.00, and I don't mind paying the fee, but is there one that is better than the others? For instance, I have found iorgsoft, moyea mts, MTS converter (which I have downloaded and seems to work ok, but it's a trial version and you can only see the first minute of the video).
Which one is the best? Is there a free option that will suffice?
I want to transfer the files to .mp4 or whatever so I can upload into iMovie '11 and burn them to a DVD. Thanks everyone!

Handbrake is free and will convert the many types of .mts files

IPhoto does not import HD video/MTS files for Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5.

Hello, everyone. I'm using iPhoto '11 on an iMac i7. I recently bought the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5, which records HD video (AVCHD Lite). When I insert the memory card into my iMac, it recognizes and imports all photos. However, the videos are left on the memory card, and I cannot even view them in iPhoto. When looking directly in the memory card, I can see the videos (they are MTS files), but nothing will play them. Is there other software I must install to be able to view/edit these video files. I'd like to see them in iPhoto, and then edit them in iMovie like I was able to with my standard definition camera. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

I have the same camera as you. You can import the files, but you have to convert them manually first, witch takes a couple of secounds.
1. Download and install the automator script from this blog and put it in your dock http://blog.sharkus.com/2010/04/avchd-lite-iphoto-importing.html
2. locate the folder /Private/AVCHD/BDMV/STREAM on your memory card
3. Drag your desired videofile (e.g. 000001.mts) on the automator script you put in your dock in step 1.
4. whait (a couple of secounds, depending file size)
5. Drag your new videofile (e.g. 000001.mts.m4v) to iphoto
6. Finished
Do not try to convert more than two files a once, then the script doesn't work properly.
I hope apple will include support for mts-files very very soon!!

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