Requesting Software Recommendation - m2ts ( 1080/60psf ) to mp4 ?

[NewTwoVideo]

Hello Everyone,

I have looked through numerous posts, including a few of my own.
I need to convert some camcorder ( Panasonic HC-V700 ) 1080/60psf videos that are m2ts to mp4 for playback on pc's.
I have used xmediarecode in the past.
I wish to do the conversion without any recoding if possible.
Is xmediarecode still the optimal software to use or are there others that might yield a better quality & faster result?

TIA

[Baldrick]

Have you tried just remux them(no video reconversion)? In xmedia recode choose Format MP4 under Video -> Mode -> Copy and Audio -> Mode -> Copy.

Or remux to MKV with mkvtoolnixgui.

But it wont work with all m2ts. Give use your m2ts video details. Use for example Mediainfo.


Or just play the m2ts with VLC Media player...

[pippas]

I need to convert some camcorder ( Panasonic HC-V700 ) 1080/60psf videos that are m2ts to mp4 for playback on pc's.

I use THIS FREEBIE to do that with my Panasonic .m2ts files (altough they're not from that particular model).

It will transcode the audio to AAC to make it more compatible as an mp4, but it does not recode the video, so it's quite quick

It's a portable app - so no need to install - just download and open. Drag and drop. Press 'start'.... Done.

[NewTwoVideo]

But it wont work with all m2ts. Give use your m2ts video details. Use for example Mediainfo.

If this is too much info, please tell me and I will delete the unneeded portions.

General ID : 1 (0x1)
Complete name : C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\00013.MTS
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 93.4 MiB
Duration : 31s 386ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 25.0 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 : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=30
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 30s 998ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 23.7 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 25.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 59.940 (60000/1001) fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.191
Stream size : 87.6 MiB (94%)

Audio ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 31s 40ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Frame rate : 31.250 fps (1536 spf)
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -34ms
Stream size : 970 KiB (1%)

Text ID : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS
Codec ID : 144
Duration : 30s 466ms
Delay relative to video : -34ms

[Baldrick]

I need to convert some camcorder ( Panasonic HC-V700 ) 1080/60psf videos that are m2ts to mp4 for playback on pc's.

I use THIS FREEBIE to do that with my Panasonic .m2ts files (altough they're not from that particular model).

It will transcode the audio to AAC to make it more compatible as an mp4, but it does not recode the video, so it's quite quick

It's a portable app - so no need to install - just download and open. Drag and drop. Press 'start'.... Done.

So MKV2MP4 works with m2ts also? I'm adding it to the software description then.

[pippas]

So MKV2MP4 works with m2ts also? I'm adding it to the software description then.

It certainly works fine with the Panasonic .m2ts files from my camera....

It doesn't convert any H.264 encoded video, but it will re-encode the audio from AC3 to AAC by default.
(Which suits me fine... my PVR will not replay mp4s with AC3 audio!)

[NewTwoVideo]

Have you tried just remux them(no video reconversion)? In xmedia recode choose Format MP4 under Video -> Mode -> Copy and Audio -> Mode -> Copy.

I get a playback error and no audio.

[NewTwoVideo]

I use THIS FREEBIE to do that with my Panasonic .m2ts files (altough they're not from that particular model).

It will transcode the audio to AAC to make it more compatible as an mp4, but it does not recode the video, so it's quite quick

It's a portable app - so no need to install - just download and open. Drag and drop. Press 'start'.... Done.

Thank you. Yes this seems to work okay.

I should also say that I was in error. The files are .mts I mixed them up with video files from my Lumix camera.
That is what happens when you don't get enough sleep. LOL!

[NewTwoVideo]

Have you tried just remux them(no video reconversion)? In xmedia recode choose Format MP4 under Video -> Mode -> Copy and Audio -> Mode -> Copy.

If I have XMedia Recode convert the audio to AAC as MKVtoMP4 does, then the .mp4 plays with its audio.

[pippas]

I use THIS FREEBIE to do that with my Panasonic .m2ts files (altough they're not from that particular model).

It will transcode the audio to AAC to make it more compatible as an mp4, but it does not recode the video, so it's quite quick

It's a portable app - so no need to install - just download and open. Drag and drop. Press 'start'.... Done.

Thank you. Yes this seems to work okay.

I should also say that I was in error. The files are .mts I mixed them up with video files from my Lumix camera.
That is what happens when you don't get enough sleep. LOL!

AAC audio is much more common - and compatible - than AC3 in the mp4 'wrapper'...

.MTS and .m2ts files should both work fine with Mkv2Mp4

[pippas]

Further to my posts above, I should probably add that although you don't need to actually install the Mkv2Mp4 program, you will probably need to modify the default settings to create a file with an mp4 rather than an m4v output extension...

-Unzip the downloaded file
-Select the x32 or x64 folder, whichever matches your computer hardware (32 or 64 bit systems)
-Click on the .exe file in that folder
-Click 'setup' - 'video' - and select 'mp4' as your 'output format'

[NewTwoVideo]

Thank you.
What bitrate should I set for the AAC audio.
The AC-3 audio was a 256kbps Constant bitrate.
Should the AAC be the same as AC-3 setting?

[pippas]

Thank you.
What bitrate should I set for the AAC audio.
The AC-3 audio was a 256kbps Constant bitrate.
Should the AAC be the same as AC-3 setting?

I usually let the audio encode run at the default settings. ....in theory, some experts say that AAC bit rates can be slightly lower than AC3 for the same quality - although any differences are marginal in practice .

For an AC3 bitrate of 256Kbps, you'll probably get around 195kbps for AAC with the default settings.
The default settings using the Nero AAC encoder (click on the audio section in the set up to change the encoder) will use a slightly higher bit rate.

As I say, in reality there's hardly any difference when encoding camcorder audio. I'd be surprised if you can hear any difference at all from the original audio, using the default settings....
And of course there's no change at all with the video itself.

[NewTwoVideo]

Thank you both.