Problems with M2ts files converted using Freemake video converter

[jbitakis]

I have 75 video clips, all M2ts 1920x1080p 59fps files that I used Freemake video converter to convert to Mpeg-4 1280x720p 59.94fps and joined them together. So it plays back on my pc with a lot of stuttering? What did I do wrong? I placed both the source m2ts video files from mediainfo and the created Freemake video files here so you smart people could maybe see what I did wrong.

Source m2ts video files:

General
ID : 1 (0x1)
Complete name : C:\Users\Daddy's HP Laptop\Videos\10-25-2011\10-25-2011_081146.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 154 MiB
Duration : 50s 769ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 25.4 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 28.0 Mbps
Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.2
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=30
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 50s 517ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 24.1 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 26.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 59.940 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.194
Stream size : 145 MiB (95%)
Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 50s 560ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -34ms
Stream size : 1.54 MiB (1%)
Text
ID : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS
Codec ID : 144
Duration : 49s 986ms
Delay relative to video : -34ms


Freemake Video files:

General
Complete name : C:\Users\Daddy's HP Laptop\Videos\10-25-2011_081146.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 7.77 GiB
Duration : 42mn 18s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 26.3 Mbps
Writing application : Lavf52.94.0
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L5.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 42mn 18s
Bit rate : 26.0 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 59.940 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.471
Stream size : 7.72 GiB (99%)
Writing library : x264 core 112 r1834 a51816a
Encoding settings : cabac=0 / ref=1 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0 / me=hex / subme=6 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=8 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=0 / weightp=0 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=abr / mbtree=1 / bitrate=26000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.41 / aq=1:1.00
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 42mn 18s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 165 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 50.1 MiB (1%)

[aedipuss]

never mind. can't read too well today /

[jagabo]

I suspect the software hard problems reading your source file. Step through the file you created frame by frame. Are motions smooth or do you see jumps and repeated frames?

[jbitakis]

Ok my bad. It was my PC that was causing the stuttering. Actually, it plays good. Freemake did this conversion very fast (I used 1 pass fast conversion). It is over 7 GB of video that it converted in only a few hours. I did similar conversion using Bigasoft video converter and it took about 9 hrs! And bigasoft did not join the files together. Does anyone know a software that just joins files together?

[Baldrick]

Have you tried join with tsmuxer? First add the m2ts and then click join for the rest. Output as a new m2ts.

Maybe it works to join with copy /b command line also(or use a gui for it like vobmerge, open the .m2ts files(select all files), make new m2ts file). If the new m2ts doesn't play correctly remux it with tsmuxer.

Or join the mp4 files?

[jbitakis]

Ok, so I could have joined them first with tsmuxer and then converted them. I converted them first in bigasoft. Now they are Mp4 files that I need to join.

[_Al_]

my last attempt to you and then i promise I'll shut up , you seem to go in circles to find your solution, I'd do this:
(even if #1 did not work you still have excellent media player at your disposal to play those Vegas files of yours for #2 solution)

#1. Check if avidemux works for you (I just joined about 10 Panasonic TM700 50p clips together)
Join your clips in Avidemux 2.6.0 , video-copy, audio-copy, save as mpeg TS muxer, just drop them one by one or at once from explorer. After that I'd recommend to remux that TS file into MKV then with mkvmerge but even just that TS file alone seems to be fine. And then you get WDTV Live plus. http://www.ebay.com/ctg/Western-Digital-WD-TV-Live-Plus-Digital-HD-Media-Streamer-/97507552

Or

#2.get Vegas Movie Studio, read manual, load your clips , join clips into movie and encode to whatever you want.