Audio/Video Sync Issue with .mts File Conversion

[arturo_morosoff]

Hi,

I’m helping an NGO in Tanzania to produce some educational videos to be used by Community Health Volunteers as they visit families in their local neighborhoods. The videos will be shown in .3gp format on a Nokia mobile phone. I mention this because the NGO has limited resources and I'm attempting to use software that is free (or nearly free) and easy for local staff to use once I'm gone.

I’m currently trying to convert .mts video files from a HD Video Camera (Canon Vixia HF10) to a format that can be edited in Windows Movie Maker (.WMV/.ASF, .MPG (MPEG-1), .AVI (DV-AVI), .WMA, .WAV, and .MP3).

Ultimately, I’d like to do the following:

1. Record video on Canon Vixia HF10 in .mts format
2. Convert to Windows Movie Maker format
3. Edit Video
4. Convert to .3gp format and display videos on Nokia mobile phone

The problem I’m having is that when I convert from .MTS to .AVI or .MPG the video becomes badly out of sync (in some cases the audio plays at 2x the rate of the video). The degree of the error varies depending on the converter software and the conversion format.

I’m using the following conversion software:

• Any Video Converter
• Emicsoft MTS Converter
• Alive HD Video Converter
• Laewo

I was concerned that the cause of the issue might be disk fragmentation on my computer and tried another PC (with plenty of HDD space and an unfragmented drive, but the issue remains the same).

I'm using the following PC hardware:

Lenovo T61 Laptop
Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 @ 1.80GHz
2GB RAM
Windows XP


Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Arturo

[Baldrick]

Try VoltaicHD.

[arturo_morosoff]

VoltaicHD seems to work without any problems (guess that makes sense since it was specifically designed for exactly what I'm trying to do).

Thanks so much!