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You just purchased an AVCHD Camcorder like Sony Handycam SR7, Panasonic HDC-SD9 or Canon Vixia HF10 and shot some AVCHD video with .mts, .m2ts or .ts file extension. AVCHD is the new high definition video format for video cameras, which stands for Advanced Video Codec, High Definition and is jointly developed by Sony and Panasonic. Besides, JVC and Canon manufacturers are using AVCHD for their high definition consumer video camcorders.

M2TS/MTS format itself is good even perfect, but for Mac users, they must pay some effort to make it works well with their PC or Book. From QuickTime, iMovie, FCP, iDVD to YouTube, AVCHD M2TS format is not a fully compatible format. Even the latest iMovie'11 and FCPX. It can do nothing when the M2TS can't be detected by them.

But the solution is with problem relatively. Mac AVCHD Converter can solve all your problems with best quality to transfer/convert and edit your HD videos.

How to convert AVCHD file on mac?

1.Free Download and Run avchd converter for mac Software. Once the download is complete, run the file "DoremisoftMacAVCHDConverter1.01.dmg" to install. After the application has been installed, follow these directions to convert your AVCHD video file(s) into a format that is compatible with your desired media device. Take a look at the interface of Doremisoft AVCHD Video Converter for Mac below.

2.Open the Doremisoft Mac AVCHD Video Converter and Click Add Files to load AVCHD files for mac osx AVCHD format conversion.

Tips: It has an easy-to-use interface, and it will support most popular file formats, including iDVD files. In addition, it includes a batch converter, so you can convert multiple files with one click of a button.

3.Click Profile drop down list to select output format so that you will know where the converted file(s) will be placed. (Use the Browse button to navigate to the desired location.)

e.g. Select MPEG-4 movie format for edit AVCHD video in iMovie

Select MOV Format for play AVCHD with QuickTime player

Select FLV format for upload to YouTube, Flash Player

Select AVI format for Windows Movie Maker, Windows Media Player

4.Click Start Button at the bottom of the window to convert AVCHD video to MP4 or other video audio format.

Tips: You may change other output settings by clicking on the Settings Options button or the Edit Output button.

AVCHD files are based on the MPEG4 CODEC, can be burned to Blu-ray discs and played in compatible devices, such as Blu-ray disc players and the Sony PlayStation3. Also, the files can be played back directly from a camcorder on an HD television set, through HDMI or component-video cable. On a computer, the files can be played from the camcorder connected via USB as an external storage device, or from removable media or from the computer’s internal hard disk drive. Presently, the default media players from Apple (QuickTime) will not play AVCHD natively. And iMovie also can not import m2ts directly, but M2TS to iMovie Converter can convert m2ts to iMovie, so import m2ts to imovie will be easy.

M2TS is the proper file extension for BDAV and is allowed in modern file systems that use long file names. A problem arises when you use a legacy file system that uses the 8.3 naming convention. It basically means that you can only have 8 characters before the dot and 3 characters after that as its extension. As M2TS consists of 4 characters, it cannot be used as an extension in legacy file systems. This led to the creation of MTS as a substitute extension.