merge mts files without conversion & no sound output

[jasin91]

I have been looking for a software to merge my mts files without necessarily converting them but I haven't yet been successful.

(as I have recorded movies on my set top box, it has given me two or three separated mts files (.mts & .mts1 & so on) for a single movie then I need to merge them)

I have used the followings:
Aiseesoft.MTS.Converter.6.3.36.15568
Oposoft_Video_Joiner_7.2
Aone.Ultra.Video.Joiner.v6.4
lehmann video tools
Leapic video joiner

and a couple of others, but all of them need to convert my final file (which I do not desire)

The other problem is that when I use the above mentioned softwares for merging and conversion my output has no sound (it happens not in all cases)

[redwudz]

Tried tsMuxeR GUI?

Others here may also have some ideas.

And welcome to our forums.

[jasin91]

Tried tsMuxeR GUI?

Others here may also have some ideas.

And welcome to our forums.

Thanks, it's great to be a part of this forum.
I'm afraid I had the same "no sound" output problem with tsMuxer!!

(Fortunately THIS was the most user-friendly application that I have found which needed NO conversion)

[Stears555]

Tried tsMuxeR GUI?

Others here may also have some ideas.

And welcome to our forums.

Thanks, it's great to be a part of this forum.
I'm afraid I had the same "no sound" output problem with tsMuxer!!

(Fortunately THIS was the most user-friendly application that I have found which needed NO conversion)

video to video converter

[TorBru]

FFmpeg's concat function should be able to do that with or without recode. My GUI for FFmpeg named FFQueue has a merge tool:

http://ffqueue.bruchhaus.dk/Documentation.aspx#concat

See the description under "Merge multiple sources" and use the feature "Perform simple concatenation".

P.S: If you MTS contains subtitles and/ or video text, FFmpeg will most likely not work.

[Budman1]

For MTS, I usually use the CMD Binary join version which retains the PGS subtitles as well.

copy /b "C:\Users\Bud\Desktop\Old Projects\Wedding\00165.mts" + "C:\Users\Bud\Desktop\Old Projects\Wedding\00166.mts" "C:\Users\Bud\Desktop\Old Projects\Wedding\00165_Joined_3.mts"

[DarrellS]

Wow Budman1, if that works then you've solved a 7 or 8 year mystery. I just always tell everyone to buy VideoReDo.

[smrpix]

For MTS, I usually use the CMD Binary join version which retains the PGS subtitles as well.

The output plays properly in some software --Premiere Pro CC 2015, ffmpeg, not so well in others --Avid, VirtualDub, MPC-HC ,TMPGenc VMW5.

[Budman1]

The results of smrpix are correct, some play others may have problems joined with the binary method. My results were:

Potplayer Plays Ok WITH subtitles
VLC plays ok WITH subtitle

FFMpeg plays ok but WITHOUT subtitles
GOM Plays ok but WITHOUT subtitles
Vitualdub Plays ok but WITHOUT subtitles
WMP plays ok but WITHOUT subtitles

All the above installed players seem to play the joined video fine but some do not show subtitles even though they are shown in the joined video with MediaInfo, however they don't seem to show subtitles from the unjoined videos with (PGS) subtitles either.

[Trafalgar]

I've tried to join MTS files with MPEGStreamclip. Just drag and drop the all the files together onto the screen and then export. It's free to download here:

http://www.squared5.com/ (link is external)

[jasin91]

Dear All,
So much thanks for all your suggestions.

I tried Video to Video and that is fabulous (in 99% because I still have problems with some of my video files and cannot merge them )

I tried VideoReDo TV Suite, but MTS files are not supported!!!

The very big confusion part is FFMPEG! I DON"T KNOW HOW TO USE IT!
I downloadedqueu it but cannot use it, does it have the same interface as other Converters???
It has made me so confused!

AND I have NO IDEA about FFQueue and MPEG STREAMCLIP (the second one seems not to work) and other ways that are mentioned in this thread (such as Budman1's suggestion).

I still have some files that cannot be merged, I try Video to Video the conversion finishes but the outcome is not complete, some parts are missing!

[Stears555]

Dear All,
So much thanks for all your suggestions.

I tried Video to Video and that is fabulous (in 99% because I still have problems with some of my video files and cannot merge them )

I tried VideoReDo TV Suite, but MTS files are not supported!!!

The very big confusion part is FFMPEG! I DON"T KNOW HOW TO USE IT!
I downloadedqueu it but cannot use it, does it have the same interface as other Converters???
It has made me so confused!

AND I have NO IDEA about FFQueue and MPEG STREAMCLIP (the second one seems not to work) and other ways that are mentioned in this thread (such as Budman1's suggestion).

I still have some files that cannot be merged, I try Video to Video the conversion finishes but the outcome is not complete, some parts are missing!

Video to video converter is perfect tool to merge MTS files without reencoding, however you must learn to use the merge function. Tools menu ==> Join video files. As output format, you must select the direct-stream-copy option.

[TorBru]

The very big confusion part is FFMPEG! I DON"T KNOW HOW TO USE IT!

AND I have NO IDEA about FFQueue

FFmpeg is a command line utility, and FFQueue is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for FFmpeg. If you want to give FFmpeg a chance and you do not know how to use it, try to let FFQueue help you use FFmpeg. You just need to unpack both, start FFQueue and set the path to FFmpeg in the options - then you are ready. In FFQueue you must use the Tool "Merge multiple sources into one", add you MTS files (you can drag & drop to the list), arrange them correctly, tick "Perform simple concatenation (remux content)" and save the job. Click "Start" and the remux should begin - if possible. Good luck!

[jasin91]

The very big confusion part is FFMPEG! I DON"T KNOW HOW TO USE IT!

AND I have NO IDEA about FFQueue

FFmpeg is a command line utility, and FFQueue is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for FFmpeg. If you want to give FFmpeg a chance and you do not know how to use it, try to let FFQueue help you use FFmpeg. You just need to unpack both, start FFQueue and set the path to FFmpeg in the options - then you are ready. In FFQueue you must use the Tool "Merge multiple sources into one", add you MTS files (you can drag & drop to the list), arrange them correctly, tick "Perform simple concatenation (remux content)" and save the job. Click "Start" and the remux should begin - if possible. Good luck!

Thank you for your explicit clarification, but it fails!!!
I am running Windows 7 64-bit and have downloaded ffmpeg-20151130-git-7b11eea-win64-static and FFQueue_1_6_45 and I have gone through what you have told, but it always fails!!!

[TorBru]

Thank you for your explicit clarification, but it fails!!!
I am running Windows 7 64-bit and have downloaded ffmpeg-20151130-git-7b11eea-win64-static and FFQueue_1_6_45 and I have gone through what you have told, but it always fails!!!

What is the error? The console must display some details about it..

[jasin91]

Thank you for your explicit clarification, but it fails!!!
I am running Windows 7 64-bit and have downloaded ffmpeg-20151130-git-7b11eea-win64-static and FFQueue_1_6_45 and I have gone through what you have told, but it always fails!!!

What is the error? The console must display some details about it..

This is the error, and the status is FAILED

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[hello_hello]

Nobody suggested trying MKVMergeGUI yet? Assuming you don't mind if the appended files are remuxed as MKV. Nothing will be re-encoded.

Video To Video Converter generally uses ffmpeg to do the appending so if FFQueue is failing too, maybe there's something preventing them from being joined (different type of audio or video etc). Video To Video Converter also has a log file.

[jasin91]

Nobody suggested trying MKVMergeGUI yet? Assuming you don't mind if the appended files are remuxed as MKV. Nothing will be re-encoded.

Video To Video Converter generally uses ffmpeg to do the appending so if FFQueue is failing too, maybe there's something preventing them from being joined (different type of audio or video etc). Video To Video Converter also has a log file.

MKVGUI didn't work for me and I still have the no-sound-output problem with it!
And I don't know what to do with the FFQueue's error!

I've already merged many files with Video to Video successfully, but some of my files go faulty.

[TorBru]

What destination file name do you specify in FFQueue? If you specify *.mts the error might be that FFmpeg cannot find suitable a muxer. The default, suggested format in FFQueue is *.mp4 - which is not usefull for the task. Please try with *.mkv which is the most versatile format and try again.

[jasin91]

What destination file name do you specify in FFQueue? If you specify *.mts the error might be that FFmpeg cannot find suitable a muxer. The default, suggested format in FFQueue is *.mp4 - which is not usefull for the task. Please try with *.mkv which is the most versatile format and try again.

As you recommended I ticked perform simple concatenation so there was no need for choosing the preset, but I have also tried choosing a preset such as wmv or mpeg but again no successful result. There was no .mkv by the way.

It is driving me mad

[TorBru]

As you recommended I ticked perform simple concatenation so there was no need for choosing the preset, but I have also tried choosing a preset such as wmv or mpeg but again no successful result. There was no .mkv by the way.

It is driving me mad

You got that one wrong.. In the "Destination" group you must specify an output "File name" (the file where the sources are concatenated to). You should make sure that the file name specified uses the extension mkv (by default mp4 is applied by ffq). The file name could be something like "C:\>MyVids\MergedVideo.mkv".

[hello_hello]

MKVGUI didn't work for me and I still have the no-sound-output problem with it!
And I don't know what to do with the FFQueue's error!

I've already merged many files with Video to Video successfully, but some of my files go faulty.

There's a lot of factors, but given you have some files that no program can join it'd seem to indicate they're not joinable. MKVMergeGUI usually offers some sort of explanation when it fails and I don't use ffmpeg enough myself to know for sure, but it seems likely it's error message is indicating the video streams don't match.Or maybe it's something simple like one m2ts file has 5.1ch audio while the next has 2ch. I'm pretty sure that can happen if the audio switches between mult-channel and stereo during commercial breaks etc, and it might cause appending issues.

The "no sound problem" could be a player not supporting a particular codec in a particular container or becoming confused over the number of channels. Anything's possible.

You probably should open a few files that won't append with MediaInfo, select text or html view, copy all the details and paste them here. That might help to work out what's going on.

You could also try demuxing (extracting) the video and audio streams from the two files you wish to join with tsmuxer, then append the two video streams together (with tsmuxer or MKVMergeGUI or VTVC etc), see if that plays okay, then do the same for the audio streams. It might give you some insight into what the problem is. Or try remuxing "part1.m2ts" on it's own, then remux "part2.m2ts" on it's own (either as m2ts files or something else) while ensuring you only keep the desired video and audio tracks, then try appending the newly created files.

[jasin91]

As you recommended I ticked perform simple concatenation so there was no need for choosing the preset, but I have also tried choosing a preset such as wmv or mpeg but again no successful result. There was no .mkv by the way.

It is driving me mad

You got that one wrong.. In the "Destination" group you must specify an output "File name" (the file where the sources are concatenated to). You should make sure that the file name specified uses the extension mkv (by default mp4 is applied by ffq). The file name could be something like "C:\>MyVids\MergedVideo.mkv".

I passed through it but again an output that has only one minute of the whole fifty minutes! there is no error! and I have changed the output to mkv, I tried mp4 but I got nothing!

[usually_quiet]

I tried VideoReDo TV Suite, but MTS files are not supported!!!

m2ts is supported. Change the extension from mts to m2ts and try again.

mts and m2ts are two different extensions used for the same type of container file.