Tips on How to Convert MTS/M2TS to MP4 for Portable Media Devices

We held a Family Reunion Party two weeks ago and I shot many videos with my Canon Legria HF M41 camcorders. Now, I want to transfer the recorded video files to my iPad for playing freely. Who can tell me how to do it with the HD quality preserved, please?

This is one of the Frequently Asked Questions we come across from time to time. Actually, except for Canon Legria, there are many other AVCHD HD camcorders such as Sony HDR, Panasonic HDC series, all of which shoot amazing MTS HD-files (1080i or 720p). However, this MTS/M2TS file format has very poor compatibility with most popular media devices such as iPad, iPhone, iPod, HTC, Galaxy S, etc. Therefore, it is a must for us to solve the format incompatibility by converting MTS to MP4 favorable format by those gadgets. After searching on the internet, we can get many advertised software which is able to convert MTS to MP4, while Firecoresoft MTS to MP4 Converter for Mac (MTS to MP4 Video Converter for Windows) is proved to be the most reliable one combining outstanding performance and simple operation. It is a professional tool capable of conducting the conversion from MTS to MP4, MTS to AVI, MTS to FLV and many popular video formats at super fast speed and fantastic output quality. The great converter also allows you to perfect the video files by cropping, merging or adding artistic effects, etc.

The following tutorials on how to convert .mts to .mp4 are demonstrated step by step.

Add the MTS Video Files

The very first thing you should do is to download, install and run the MTS Converter. Then, click the "Add Files" button on the tool bar to import the MTS video files to be converted into the program. You are allowed to add multiple files at one time.

Set MP4 as the Output Format

This powerful converter provides various optimal presets for lots of devices. Click them"Profile" menu and you will see a drop-down list, choose "Apple Devices"-"iPad(*mp4)" as the output format. If you want to transfer MKV files to other applications like Final Cut Pro, please select "Final Cut Pro H.264" as the output format. The step of converting MTS to any other video format is just the same as that of the conversion from MTS to MP4, you won't miss it.

Begin the Conversion

You can preview the final result to make adjustment if necessary. After that, press the "Start" button to begin to convert .mts to .mp4. After finishing the conversion, you can transfer the files to iPod or any other portable gadgets without format limitation. Cheers!