Comments on: How to Play AVCHD files on Mac OS X

By: backupdvdmac

backupdvdmac — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:04:30 +0000

I just found some cool guide about how to play MTS on Mac Snow Leopard Sharing with everyone!

By: Bobby Baran

Bobby Baran — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:59:59 +0000

Help New TO AVCHD and Mac os x 10.4.11 tiger w/ an intel chip. I have a Sony HDR-SR5 Camcorder. I downloaded VLC player. Works great I’m able to view the AVCHD video on my mac from camera. Heres the problem I can’t import the HD video into i movie 08. Shooting standard def video w/camera I came import the video. I am missing something or what. Thanks for you help

By: Lynn LU

Lynn LU — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:43:45 +0000

Thanks for sharing! Also want to share with HD camcorders fans ! What is MTS file?How to burn MTS files from HD camcorders to DVD on Mac ?

By: RA of the Sun

RA of the Sun — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:22:59 +0000

I have a Vixia HF10 and have been using Final Cut to import video using the Log and Transfer or VoltaicHD to convert my raw .MTS files…After reading this article, however, I am switching to Toast to handle my capture and conversion needs. Not only is it lightning fast, but it doesn’t try to de-interlace progressive footage like VoltaicHD does…Toast…it’s worth the purchase!

By: area51

area51 — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:17:18 +0000

I was unable to view my .mts files from my HG20 using EyeTV 2.5.3.

By: Ulf Tilly

Ulf Tilly — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:06:59 +0000

Hi, you can watch your avchd-clips if you have eyetv installed. No converting is needed.

regards,
Ulf Tilly

By: Sylvain

Sylvain — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:28:50 +0000

ffmpeg, mplayer and vlc now play raw avchd (.mts, m2ts) files natively (mbaff seems to be supported and stable). It’s not as fast as coreavc… I’ve wrapped a bash script with a apple script and now everytime I double click a .mts I can see live video preview

Here’s the command I’ve put in my bash script:

mplayer -vf scale=960:540,lavcdeint -framedrop -vfm ffmpeg -lavdopts lowres=2:fast:skiploopfilter=all:threads=8 -vo quartz -fps 59.94 $1

By: Angel_nkc

Angel_nkc — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:27:49 +0000

Hi… The best way to convert MTS files is with Toast 9. Like sais “art4people”, but you can directly convert to MOV, to any codec you want. Always go up in quality (ex. from the MTS file to MOV HDV, or MOV Uncompressed 8-bits) size will be bigger, but you will have compatibility to edit this file with Final Cut, After Effects, etc.

I have a Sony Handycam SR10, and the image is beautiful, so… I chose that way.

Adios.

By: John

John — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:54:51 +0000

I don’t know about the Sony world, but iMovie ‘08 reads AVCHD from my Canon HF-10 just fine. Final Cut v4 or better does also. The quality is great, both audio and video. The problem is that AVCHD is all but non-editable, so Apple first converts these to the Apple Intermediate Coded 1080i. This makes the scrubbable, scannable, and losslessly editable, but at about 8 times the size. Pick your poison…

By: nordkalotten

nordkalotten — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:00:31 +0000

IUsandman: No, it won´t. AVCHD is on the NOT SUPPORTED list of Visual Hub.