How to put clips together in AVCHD/m2ts format?

[vpelton]

Newbie here. I don't even know the correct terminology. I have a Sony DSC-HX5V point & shoot camera. It says it takes video in the AVCHD format. But when the file shows on my computer (PC with Vista), the extension is m2ts. What is the correct term to use for this format?

The software that came with this camera is called PMB. Using this software, I'm able to trim the video to create shorter clips. But it does not have the functionality to put the clips together. I'm looking for software (free) that will put the clips together. That's all I need. I know there are a lot of programs out there, but I can't find any that mention this particular format. Any & all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.

[edDV]

Newbie here. I don't even know the correct terminology. I have a Sony DSC-HX5V point & shoot camera. It says it takes video in the AVCHD format. But when the file shows on my computer (PC with Vista), the extension is m2ts. What is the correct term to use for this format?

MTS is the three digit FAT32 8.3 nomenclature but is non-descriptive. MTS could mean any of several formats. The file header will indicate M2TS which is a random access (flash ram) optimized transport stream.

I don't know PMB.

[shaema]

Try the free tsMuxeR.

In the Input window:

Click [add button] to add your first m2ts clip [if the program does not accept m2ts files rename them to clip1.ts , clip2.ts .. etc]

Click on [join button] to join the other clips

Set the [output] to AVCHD disk

Click on [start muxing button]

The program will make an AVCHD disk structure called BDMV. Open it and look for the STREAM folder. Open this folder and you will see a 00000.m2ts file which has all of your clips.

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