How to convert MTS/M2TS files to AVI, MP4, MOV, MKV,  FLV, etc. on Mac OS? (Including Snow Leopard)
   
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People nowadays  like using AVCHD camcorders to record all the precious moments in their lives,  like children’s childhood, birthday and wedding party, graduation ceremony, all  sorts of festivals, etc, so as to keep memory of these special times. However,  since MTS/M2TS clips from AVCHD camcorders can’t be played by popular players  like QuickTime and many other portable devices like iPhone,  iPod, BlackBerry, etc, or  supported well by some old version video editors, like iMovie,  or directly uploaded to video sharing websites, etc. people have to use third  party software to convert MTS and M2TS files to other available media formats.  In purpose of solving this problem, this post will instruct you how to convert MTS/M2TS  files to other popular video formats like AVI, MP4, MOV, MKV, FLV, etc. on Mac  OS(Snow Leopard is included) step by step.

Program you need:

Pavtube  MTS/M2TS Converter

Free download Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter here, and then install and launch it.

Step 1: Input  MTS/M2TS files, select output format and specify save path

You can click  on “Add” button to import MTS/M2TS files, or directly drag and drop these files  to this program. At the same time, do remember selecting the output format  according to your end use of the exported files. For playback on QuickTime  Player, you can choose MOV, for playback on iPhone  and iPod you can select MP4, etc. Imaging you want to  join all the MTS/M2TS files to be a single file, you can check the option “Merge  into one file” to realize it. 

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By the way,  this program will load the output files to a destination folder set by default  automatically, if you want to store the output files in a path specified by  yourself, you can click “Browse” to indicate one. No matter which save path you  are using, you can find out the converted files by clicking “Open” button.

Step 2: Set  advanced settings

Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter allows users to change video and audio parameters like codec, bit rate, frame  rate, screen size, etc. Just click on the “Settings” button in the above  interface, after that the following window will show up. Just click on the  drop-down list of all these options to select the items you preferred, and then  click “OK” button to save these settings.

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Step 3: Convert

As soon as the  above two steps are completed, you can press the “Convert” button to start  conversion. Conversion info like “Total progress”, “Time elapse”, “Estimated  left”, “Generated size” and “Estimated size” are all presented in the following  panel. Since that, you can manage your time and HD space properly.

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